Rain

Two nights ago, while making an emergency run to Petco only to discover that big dog kennels cost a minimum of $110 (and the decent ones run twice that), I drove past a couple of big box stores and felt a bright, warm light shining on my right side. It was so strong, this light, that I thought it must be some sort of spotlight or performance lighting of some kind. The rain had stopped for a few minutes, and perhaps someone was setting up for some promotional event. I glanced between the buildings and saw something strange and exotic, something whose existence I had forgotten about--never mind the possibility that it could shine on me, there in the gray and dwindling dusk.

It was the sun.

For fifteen minutes, it shone through the clouds on the horizon, far to the west of town.

Then night fell, and by dawn we were back in the thick of rain, rain and more rain. I needed an umbrella just to get to the car this morning. The world is soggy.