Peter, Paul & Mary’s “Puff the Magic Dragon” is the saddest song. It’s a wonderful song, but it is just so sad. If sad songs really say so much, it says more than any other song. I’m not sure when I realized just how sad the song is. It’s a song I’ve known my whole…
Today is September 26th. It is the seventh September 26th since my wedding. I hesitate to call it an anniversary, though. That’s because it is also the first September 26th since my wife moved out. And, barring something crazy, it will be the last September 26th before I no longer have a wife. I’ve been…
I heard “I Wish It Would Rain” by the Temptations at the cafeteria at work today. It is a truly spectacular song. If you have three minutes, I can think of no better way to spend it. When it was playing, I couldn’t help but think how well everything works. The performance and the arrangement…
A bowler hat, a broken guitar string, and a jelly sandwich are three things that don’t seem to have much in common at first glance. Yet, there is a string that binds them. They are all things that make me sad. And what’s more is they are all representative of categories that make me sad….
