If we only ever wanted sunshine, we’d never get rainbows. Rain brings the Earth to life. It is essential to our existence. And yet we resist rain — we complain about it as if it really weren’t necessary. It messes with our plans. We resent […]
The weather is something none of us can control. It’s also a good example of how little we can actually influence certain things in our lives. We like to think we are in control, and certainly feel better when we have some semblance of it. […]
My dad and his wife arrived yesterday for their first visit in fifteen years. Despite my prayers to the weather gods, it has been murky and damp. In fact, the roof-pelting rain woke us up at midnight. Weather is a marvelously instructive device for realizing […]