In the summer of 2004 I was the artist-in-residence at the scrumptious Central Missouri Celtic Arts Association. I stayed with a host family, and my ‘host-mom’ was called Rune. Rune took amazing care of me, the high-energy, pale Irish young wan that I was! In 2008 I woke up with this melody in my head, and to me it communicated tenderness and care, so I named it after her.