The Emptiness Left by a Denial of the Use for which it was Intended by Colin Blakely

Happy day-after-Thanksgiving collectors! Team JBP is enjoying a long weekend, far and away from the office. I'm bundled in at the beach: dry, cozy and digesting yesterday's feast, feeling thankful for certain. Just a quick note to bring you a new edition from the ever-popular Colin Blakely: The Emptiness Left by a Denial of the Use for which it was Intended.

If you're new to Colin's work, I'd advise you to pick up a print licketdy-split as they don't last for long. Then, I'd recommend that you check out my first newsletter introducing Mr. Blakely. Once you've done all that, I'll leave you with a little Carson McCullers to mull over:

It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With Americans, it is a national trait, as native to us as the roller-coaster or the jukebox. It is no simple longing for the home town or country of our birth. The emotion is Janus-faced: we are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.

We'll be back at our regular time on Tuesday, ready to kick off our the 12 Days of Festivus! Till then!