Melancholic Musings Mugs

'You've sensitive teeth.'

Wine glass face.

Pastorius wonders why.

I've decided to shift down a few gears.'

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

"The artist-in-residence is struggling a bit, but other than that we're fine."

Lord Byron

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

The Bar & Grill of Ordinary Men: Quiet Desperation 11 am - closing (Karaoke on Saturday)

'I hate my life.

"Half-full. Those were the days."

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

A depressed artist imagines a drawing, but it turns black.

"Woke up this mornin', Found myself trapped in the Blues genre..."

Trilby - 'Malbrouck s'en va-t'en guerre'.

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

'As I feared, the X-ray shows that you are crying inside.'

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"I never got a chance to say 'Shut up.' "

'I think our marriage would make a great country song.'

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Tears

"Fall makes him sad."

Bored couple.

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

There's a tear in my beer.

Tailpiece to E Dowson's 'The Pierrot of the Minute'

Where the boulevard of broken dreams crosses the avenue of broken appliances...

'Boy...usually it just gently weeps.'

"I like sad songs."

Philip Larkin.