Friday, January 26, 2018

Sky Watching

Since the forecast for the next six days includes rain, I’ll have plenty of time to study the shape of raindrops. Hint: the picture to the right is not upside down.

The true shape of rain is just one in a deluge of facts on the subject read for this week’s challenge – a book about nature.

From human migration, to rain in religion, the origin of weather reports and keeping dry, Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett includes story after story that will hydrate your small talk for weeks.

It also inspired me to reminisce about my favorite meteorologist and check out a new blog.


And it may even compel me to set aside the books on our next long weekend and make the four-hour drive here to marvel at its fertility rather than grumble at its nuisance. 

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