Rose Melberg's "Take some time"

Boy, an update is long overdue. I'll get to that in time (which may mean never), since I wrote this post mainly to rave about today's offering on NPR's Song of the Day. Rose Melberg sounds decidedly folksy; her voice makes me think of the long branches of willow trees and the smallest and softest of dandelions. But no matter how light or mellow her music sounds, there's a palpable sadness to it. "Take some time" has the sort of softly lilting melody that's best heard on a slow day on the porch or a leisurely drive in the back lanes, but the words are something else. I like what Stephen Thomson had to say about the song - "It surveys miles of emotional wreckage, yet the scene it sets seems oddly sweet."