Tears

It's been a cold, gray, rainy day today, a perfect day for soup and tears. Yes, a good cry today would feel empathetic and, as usual, cathartic. But I wish sadness on no one, so I'll provide some vicarious tears for you all to cry. Following the jump you'll find a couple-pages excerpt from a novel I've written called Zeal Outruns Discretion. It's about life at an all-girls high school, where tears flow a lot, for reasons both sad and absurd. I must admit, I stole the basic idea for this scene from a guy I used to work with, Tom, who had originated the "crying circle" explanation. I took his idea and extrapolated it to the extreme. All in good fun.

So grab some tissues, fix yourself something warm to eat or drink, and have a good cry, on me.

Charlie Rich-Tears A Go-Go