They said there’d be rain, and lots of it. They said it would start early and not end for weeks. They said it would be the single largest rainfall we’d ever had. And I laughed. I mean, honestly, who predicts rain in the middle of the dry season except for some absolute lunatics? They even … Continue reading The Flood
On rainy afternoons I play golf. I stand tall and swing like my life depends on it, watching the ball carefully as it flies through the air and generally lands where I want it to land. Then I look out the window and I realize the neighborhood kids are watching me through the window. Oh, the glory of playing Tiger Woods 2010 on the Wii system with the shades pulled back. I guess it’s okay, though. I mean, I did have good form. Continue reading “On A Rainy Afternoon”
You know the old saying, “When it rains, it pours”? Well, that’s not always true, and I’ve found that out so often in my life. Sometimes when it rains it just mists, that light stuff that you don’t even recognize as rain until it has effectively soaked you in an hour’s worth of being outside. … Continue reading When It Rains…
“A house is a home in progress.” They built a house of sticks and stones, with mortar in-between to hold it together. But it would not stand the test of time. The floods came and washed it away in bits and pieces, and they learned from their mistake. Later, they built a house of bricks … Continue reading Building House, Sifting Dirt, and Washing Clean
Rain turns to ice, turns to sleet when left to its own devices Drumming down, tapping like fingertip whispers on windowpanes Drunk with its own sense of importance, it pounds down Slamming into the ground like a sudden thunderclap Then beating a steady rhythm until the break of day The squirrels dart in and out … Continue reading Water Falls: A Poem
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