Nostalgia Blindside from Nighthawks by Erik Friedlander

My wife died in late 2011 and sometimes I get blindsided by memories of what seems like a former life -- our life together. It’s seriously bittersweet and surreal in a way that is both painful and pleasing. I look at these feelings and memories and sometimes wonder who that guy was that was married and had a life with this woman, my wife. But it was me and those memories are now locked in time -- Anne Lamott says grief is like a lazy susan, you never know how it will spin around and affect you on a particular day or night.

Cellist Erik Friedlander is a prolific solo artist, bandleader and film composer. Having been a sought after studio musician and improviser in New York’s downtown music scene for years, Friedlander has recently become well known for his work scoring film and television. He most recently scored the film "Baby Ruby" by first time director Bess Wohl appearing now on Hulu.

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