It’s night, and a gen­tle song begins on my bed­side speaker. Until this point, I’d always won­dered who’d be the first to hear this song with me. Whose breath I’d feel on my body as the melody got lost in the dark­ness along with our inhi­bi­tions. It wasn’t a song I’d been sav­ing, only one I never had the chance to share until I found myself here, explor­ing the open fields and windswept moun­tains and towns in between.

Sarah and sweater

 

Bristol sign

 

broken house

 

looking down in the art hall

We have to stop meet­ing like this.

house in forest

 

Barter Theatre

 

together

 

seafood club sandwich

The seafood club: smoked salmon, herbed cream cheese, cucum­bers, mixed greens, toma­toes, and sprouts on dark rye. Perfect in every way.

Sarah peeks

 

State Street — Tennessee/Virginia

State Street.