I adore "Famous Blue Raincoat." It always just splays my little ol' heart. The line that brings me to tears is, "Thanks for the sorrow you took from her eyes. I thought it was there for good, so I never really tried."

The idea that we can take sorrow from each other's eyes... mmmm ... The idea that we take each other's sorrow so much for granted, or fail to notice it altogether.

God, I"m feelin' melancholy right now. (And I mean that in the best possible way... Interesting, isn't it, how we have these feelings that are "good" -- happiness, laughter, joy, etc. -- and all these other feelings that are "bad" -- anger, melancholy, sadness -- and we can't seem to just hang out with them and even indulge them from time to time without someone thinking we need "cheering up," or maybe medication (at least in the U.S.).

I think allowing yourself a good, deep melancholy wallow occasionally is quite healthy.

Ok. Now for a little joke:

What do you get when you breed Lassie with a cantaloupe?

(That's a Melon-collie baby...)

(sorry)

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