Tuesday, October 02, 2007

I love the rain. I came out of my office today to a nice steady Portland rain. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest rain is more normal than sunshine. Many of my happy childhood memories of playing in the backyard were... in the rain! So there's a certain level of familiarity when it gets wet outside. I didn't like rain in Utah, it was too hard, too nasty, and there was lightning and thunder. Nothing wrong with lightning and thunder, but it's not what feels like home to me. I just like the smell, feel and look of a steady Northwest rain.

4 comments:

Tamara said...

mmm.... i miss those days. thanks for sharing them with me!

Stargirl said...

I love the crisp feeling of the air in autumn, and I feel closer to Earth when it rains...

Jason and Emily said...

it's funny... when I was there, I couldn't get enough rain. I loved being an Oregonian for two years. And now, man alive, after India I can't get enough sun. I've always imagined myself settling in Portland with a family someday, because it seriously was heaven on earth for me. Now I don't know!

Unknown said...

rains seems to freshen everything for me. it makes me pull my arms around me tighter and look inside myself. i don't know why, but i find out a lot about my thoughts when it is raining.

i've seen your name constantly on emily, lumina, kaRyn, and paul's blogs, i thought i'd finally take a look, glad i did!