Over the past year we have taken to scanning all of my old photos and turning them into digital format.  I have photo album after photo album from my adolescent years!  Now that they are in our photo files they come up in the screen savers on all of our computers.

I recently came upon this photo of my childhood friend Kim hanging out in my room holding one of my favorite cds.  It was one I had sort of forgotten about, and clearly do not have in my collection, or what remains of my cd collection.  I don’t even remember where it came from, but I vividly remember how I felt when listening to it.  In a crazy, emotional teenage world, it was my calm, my breathe deep peace.

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I could not remember the name of it, but using this photo and doing a fairly quick Google search, I was able to find it.  Who knew it would still be out there and available, and even in downloadable formats!  It is called Gentle Island Surf.

I remember listening to it at night so I could fall asleep, during the day when I was unsettled or upset, at Kim’s house during one of our “after dance” parties that we had there after every formal.  It sort of defined a time period for me.  I have included one of my favorites, The Gulls at Coole for your listening pleasure.  I swear I feel my heart rate slow by the time the first measure is complete.