After a couple of days staying around home, I’ve spent the last couple of days catching up with friends down the road, down interstate, and one state up.  I’ve been driving a rental without USB hook-up, so I’ve had to scramble for old CDs.  I also finally got around to getting True Sadness, the latest from the Avett Brothers.  I haven’t gotten through the whole album yet, but I have listened to a few tracks a number of times.  That includes “No Hard Feelings,” a song that strikes some powerful notes about life and the living of it.  Here’s a clip of the band performing the songs earlier this year at Red Rocks in Colorado.

The song does what great songs to best: it weaves a good tapestry that catches a solid collection of emotions and experiences even as it catches you by surprise.