Rain

It is pouring down rain outside.  Sheets of rain, coming down after 2 months of high temperature and humidity.  It is such a welcome sight and sound.  And I just heard the thunder... a true summer storm! What a lovely beginning for a Saturday.  Perhaps only in the desert is a rainstorm such a welcome break and eagerly anticipated break.  It soaks and replenishes the dry earth and perhaps lifts our dry and scorched spirits a bit and lets us bear the rest of the summer with a bit more equanimity.