May 152014
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AUTUMN AGAIN
Before you read on, listen to Eva Cassidy singing ‘Autumn Leaves’. Put it on continuous play while you pour a whisky. Then open the novel ‘Bonjour tristesse’ by Francoise Sagan. Page 1. A strange melancholy pervades me which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sadness. Wish I could come up with an opening line for ‘Melanie Alone’ as fab as that.
Because autumn is about dying. Because my novel has failed to be born. Because life’s a bitch. Because…
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Good luck with this new story Suki. It starts so sadly. Is life really “a bitch”? You have had many successes.
Bel xx
Get ’em Tiger …
I love your taste in music!!! 🙂
Really shouldn’t have used the smiley face!!! Hmmmmm…
Thanks Linda. No – Eva Cassidy singing ‘Autumn Leaves’ doesn’t exactly elicit a smile, does it.
It is gratifying though that somebody actually followed my instruction to play ‘Autumn Leaves’ while reading the post – thanks for getting into the spirit of the thing!
Just read this now – a year too late. But Bonjour Tristesse I read over 20 years ago. Still with me now… Your words always speak to me anyway girl…
Thank you so much Lesley.
Your site is great, by the way.