Did I finally figure out my favourite music album?

Oh! That's not fair. I'm not an album person at all. In fact this question was the perfect 'out' for me to not write today.

However, I do love music. I listen to it at all times, in all moods and seasons - sometimes to escape reality. And sometimes to remind myself of the real world. My favourites would be a wide mix - from Hindustani Classical to Jazz.

When Rodrigo y Gabriela start playing the guitar, I wear that wide flared skirt and dance the perfect samba (or is it the salsa?). And when Pandit Jasraj sings, I'm in this saree wearing a large bindi in an almost meditative trance. Ella makes me feel loved, wanting to be loved some more and sensual. And Nina Simone starts a yearning deep down, which I rarely express knowing that it will most often be misunderstood. With Leonard Cohen, I become his groupie and travel the world with him.

And yes. It's all in my head.

But the places music takes me, I would never have gone otherwise.

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Almost a year

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If the grief won't get to you, the paperwork will

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