I love rain but

[loracs]

I want warm rain. I miss the warm midwestern rain of my youth. I've washed my hair and taken a shower in the rain. I've sat on the front steps and let the water streak down my face and into my mouth. I've walked barefoot through mud puddles. I've swam in lakes with the rain coming down so hard the line between lake and air gets blurred.

The month of March in the SF Bay Area has been one of the wettest in my 25 years here. But it's cold. Very cold. Snow on the local mountains - that kind of cold. Lingering in the rain is ill advised, unless you enjoy a shivering experience.

Until I find myself in a real warm rain, I'll just have to settle for a long, hot shower. I'll close my eyes and call up visual and olfactory memories of vivid greens and damp earth. If I go deep enough into memory, it feels pretty close to reality. Fade to a warm, wet, silly smile.

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[tracytreefrog.livejournal.com]

I was just telling Yashuko at work about me missing the summer rain and thunderstorms from IL. She looked at me like I was NUTS! Then I explained that it was nice and warm. I still think she thinks I am nuts but it being warm I think she understands me missing it abit more. And yes you are a good writer.