If you are feeling very good or very bad these days, it may be due to the recent rains.
Take it from two musical camps. In his hit “Laughter in the Rain,” Neil Sedaka croons “Ooh, how I love the rainy days, and the happy way I feel inside,” while The Carpenters declare “Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.”
How can one simple form of precipitation have such a diametric effect on people?
I’ve had time to contemplate these conflicting feelings, as we watch more than our normal share of rainfall.
Let’s start with the bad news first. Why would the presence of rain make us feel bad?