Mine has been
a hot, dry September. But not as hot or as
dry as the summer of 2012 …
It was hot. The air above wore a fur-lined hunter’s cap, earflaps down, trapping the heat instead of allowing it to rise and escape.
My ferns, usually vibrant green in June,
were as brown
and crackly as these in today's September heat.
It was dry. The cracks in
in the hardened soil were over two inches deep. There
were strict restrictions on watering.
That summer more
than 95 percent of Illinois experienced severe drought. Where we lived the
drought was “only” moderate. I couldn’t keep my ferns alive. But I could write
music. There was no joy in gardening. Would there be joy in composing? I
started writing a song about ferns dying in the heat. But then the third verse
morphed into something else, something more personal. Perhaps that’s why I never
arranged the song, but left it as a lead sheet – melody, guitar chords, and simple
drum beat.
From the album
“Paper Book Colors - Songs from Nature” this video is scrolling playback of the song.
You can get print (PDF) and/or digital (MusicXML™) sheet music for A Good Rain.
Kathy
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