I remember that in Good Weekend recently, Dr Karl debunked the myth about there being 100 Eskimo words for snow. However I’d be surprised if there weren’t 100 expressions for rain in Sitka.
Pattering rain that falls on the roof in the morning and makes you stay in bed.
Atmospheric ain that falls when you put the garbage out in time for the morning pickup (can’t go out night before due to bears) that makes you want to go walking in it.
Soft mist that turns into rain as soon as you head out the door.
Driving rain that you’ll walk through for nearly two hours round trip for a piece of blueberry pie and a coffee at the Backdoor Café.
Rain that hassles you to get back inside and for God’s sake get on with that manuscript.
Rain that makes you check your email
Rain that makes you go looking for weird little blog animations on the web
Rain that makes you photograph how it falls on the water, as seen from the lounge room
Rain that makes you open a bottle of red wine
Rain that does, actually, help you write.
It’s rained a lot today. It’s been a good writing day.
Jesse xxx
1 comment:
what sort of rain helps you go looking for web animations? Do we have that here?
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