I can't sleep…
“Tens of thousands of starlings start their murmuration, with Criffel mountain in the background, as dusk fell last night (November 5, 2014) on the England and Scotland border near Gretna Green.”
Each of these leaves had just one chance to feather the air with an arabesque of yellow or red, backlit and buoyant, just one chance to be held on the palm of the year, then briskly brushed away like an instant. Maybe two hundred leaves lie piled together under this empty maple, their jumpsuits weighing them down with color, the wind knocked out of them. Quickly it passed, but how well they did it, falling like that, just simply falling.
~ Ted Kooser, October. The Wheeling Year: A Poet’s Field Book
Photograph: Scott Masterton (Gosford Ho, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Frightened Rabbit is a Scottish indie rock band formed in 2003 and based in Glasgow. Find their new 2013 album on iTunes here.
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Frightened Rabbit is a Scottish indie rock band formed in 2003 and based in Glasgow. The band played this tune on the Late Show with David Letterman last month. Find their new 2013 album on iTunes here.