I’m feeling homesick for New England today, and whenever I’m homesick, I usually turn to one guy: Harvey Reid.  Harvey Reid is an American folk artist and incredibly talented musician.  I grew up on his album “Of Wind and Water” and play it whenever I want to remember what home feels like.  This beautiful track especially conjures up memories of where I’m from.  Once on the train home to visit my family, I made a list of the things that define what that means:

• Iron rail track nails
• Hot weeds
• Frozen mud
• Sail cloth
• Tiny fish bones
• Sweet corn
• Rambling stone walls
• Chickadees
• Pavement undulating with tree roots
• Low tide seaweed
• Splinters
• Bare white churches
• Bare white birch trees

I’m also from cold April rain.