I wish I could still hear Edith Piaf
Dear wwh: I wondered why the colors of autumn (gold and red) brought Edith Piaf back so vividly for you. I searched her biography and found nothing that would offer a clue [except perhaps her signature song "Vie en rose"]. Did you know that "Edith Piaf" was her stage name and derives from the nickname, "the Little Sparrow", given to her by the Club Owner who discovered her? "Piaf", as I have discovered, is french for "sparrow". She must have been a tiny, waif of a person because I came across a description of the walk-up Museum/Apartment maintained in her honor in Paris which contains "tiny black dresses" - presumably, dresses once worn by "the Little Sparrow" herself.