Rainy

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It has been a bit rainy, and at those times it is a great relief from the usual constant heat.  When the sun comes out it is wickedly hot again, and often after it rains the humidity is very uncomfortable again -- as is the norm here. 

When I step outside sometimes I feel coolness in the air.  At these times I think of my father, the lifetime farmer, who would savor the cool air and say, "It feels like it has rained somewhere." 

The temperatures have fallen from the months-long highs of 100*F-plus, and this week the daily highs occasionally never even reached the 90s.  Lows got into the high 70s, and this cooling is so welcome. 

Blessed coolness.  Zen delight. 

-Zenwind.
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