Today is May Day. Here is an excerpt about my tune Dandelions from stories behind the music on murielanderson/nightlight I remembered when I was a child, before I was told that dandelions were a weed, and I thought they were a precious yellow flower that came up right in the yard! On the first of May, I made a little paper basket with glue and masking tape, and filled it with dandelions. There was an old lady who lived alone on our street, so I left it at her front step, knocked on the door and ran away so she wouldn’t know what secret admirer brought her the flowers. I did that every year, and each year the paper baskets got a little nicer. I wonder if she had a little collection of faded paper baskets on her mantle and if that one day of the year dandelions aren’t a weed for her either.
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 15:14:45 +0000
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