rain
this dark September morning
loving the earth
better than I
looming about with my pen

Hallelujah! It's raining today! Secret: I am in love with the rain. Probably one of my biggest pet peeves (I hate that saying) is people complaining complaining complaining about the weather--the rain, the cold, the snow, the wind, the clouds, the fog . . . unless it is sunny and 75 degrees, people are just not happy! This just infuriates me because I love ALL weather--I see it as a gift from God, as an amazing array of experience, ours to embrace. What is even more distressing to me is how people associate "bad" weather with a "bad" mood. If the rain puts you in a bad mood, then you are a weak individual with little adventure and no imagination! This past Tuesday was the first rain we had had in weeks; there had been water bans on, everything was brown and parched, forest fires were popping up--and then the rain--what a blessing! Yes, the rain is a blessing, the rain is a gift, the rain is amazing--like a mother, it nourishes all living things around us--it nourishes us! People, lets get out of our little boxes and give praise to the bigger things that make our everyday experience an amazing wonder.