tuesday blues

The rains have come, and everything is awash with water.

Seems everybody will be suffering before long as SAD strikes the people...

Japan is feeling the blues too, according to Asahi - research has shown that 4.2% of Japanese junior-high school pupils suffer some form of depression. There is a film showing in London this month dealing with Japanese responses to depression: 'does your soul have a cold'.

I think euphemisms for depression are interesting. People have their own ways of dealing with it and the name is an important part. 'Sending away the tigers', 'the demons', 'black dog', 'the glums'...