A summer storm, sudden its oncoming, furious in its energy, moved in. Rain lashes against the windows of the office. I look out my cubicle, and rivulets of rain flows down the tinted blue glass. It’s dismal. But somehow, it’s also fascinating to watch. I love the rain.
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On the Need for Pirates
It’s hot. It’s really hot. This is no mere heat wave. This is global warming, pure and simple. There’s only one thing to be done, really. High seas piracy. Where are the pirates stepping up to the plate, to sacrifice their lives, liberty, and sacred honor on the high seas? Where are the men ofContinue reading “On the Need for Pirates”
On Melting
Today, it’s been a melty sort of day. My brain melted. I wrote. I wrote a lot. A lot of what I wrote is even good. All told, it was a 12k day. But, that takes a lot out of the gray matter. It leaves it melty. My body melted. For some reason, today CharmContinue reading “On Melting”
On the Exciting Memories
Yesterday, like Sunday, was miserable and rainy. Raw, even. Cold. Very un-May-like. I wonder if there’s a real word for that — un-May-like. I digress. And yet, I was strangely thrilled by the un-May-like conditions. There was something enticing about waiting for a light rail train as a light rain fell from the darkened sky,Continue reading “On the Exciting Memories”
On a January Rain
A week and a half ago it snowed. It wasn’t much, maybe two inches. The snow lingered. It never got warm enough to well and truly melt the snow. The roads were clear. Sidewalks were clean. But on yards and open fields everywhere, snow lay on the ground like an unwelcome blanket. The snow retreated,Continue reading “On a January Rain”
On January Weather
The ninth of January shouldn’t feel like spring. Yesterday, temperatures in Charm City reached the mid-seventies. Right now, as I write this, it’s about sixty-five. It’s drizzly. It’s windy. It’s sixty-five. On January 9th. Yesterday, the grounds crew were hard at work at the office, mowing the lawn. It was odd to see guys andContinue reading “On January Weather”
On Dreariness
We’re into our third day of rain. It’s just dreary. Tuesday wasn’t terrible. Just wet. Wednesday was foggy. At one point mid-morning, looking out the windows in the office, it looked like the office was inside a cloud. And then it cleared. And then it rained. And now it’s windy and rainy and windy. AndContinue reading “On Dreariness”
On Having Seen the Rain
I’ve put some John Fogerty in the CD player this morning. Why? Because it’s raining, that’s why! It’s been so sodding dry since August it’s not amusing. The reservoir, when I went out to Eldersburg over the weekend, had fallen drastically. The Baltimore Sun showed an aerial picture of the reservoir in the paper justContinue reading “On Having Seen the Rain”
On Dry Conditions
Yesterday afternoon I drove out to Eldersburg. I needed breakfast cereal, which meant a trip to Big Lots. To reach Eldersburg I have to cross the Liberty Reservoir twice. As I crossed the first bridge — the longer of the two — I noticed something quite interesting. An island had formed in the center ofContinue reading “On Dry Conditions”
On Steamy Weather
Late last week it started to rain. It rained for several days. This was a good thing — we’ve had a bit of a drought here in Maryland this summer. The reservoir has fallen a good fifteen feet or more. The newspapers run stories about homes without water. And the temperatures fell. The middle ofContinue reading “On Steamy Weather”