A little different, tonight.  First, from Yo La Tengo, Our Way to Fall:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3TOPNXVXD4[/youtube]

It’s just . . . it just is.

Second, I’m going to offer something a little different.  A hypertext novella – These Waves of Girls, by Caitlin Fisher.  There’s sound at that link, and just give it a second.  Or a half hour.  I’m loath to spoil it with too much introduction, so I’ll just offer that it’s a rather unconventional approach to telling one woman’s own story.  You’ll know rather quickly whether it works for you.  It did for me.