The Importance of Singing Happy Songs

And some other things

[“When you’re in shit up to your neck, the only thing you can do is sing”]

Even on relatively bad days, I am very, very far from being “dans la merde jusqu’au cou.” I am blessed in more ways than I can easily summarize. But I find the sentiment of Beckett’s phrase irresistible (even though I suspect he didn’t sing much), and I want to sing a little bit a…