Archive for August 30, 2007

Although it would mean having to spend the day indoors, as a young boy I used to love the rain. I think in part it was because I knew that everyone else was also indoors and I wasn’t missing out on anything. Now that I’m old(er), rain has a different effect on me.

Winter is the rainy season in central California. This past season, we had a shortage of rain. Last night, just shortly after midnight, Mother Nature decided to let us have some of the precious water that this region so desperately needs. I’m glad about that. But, I do have some mixed feelings about it as well.   (more…)