Until I didn't

I used to like to watch it rain.

It did so with such infrequency around here that any rainfall was an event worth noting.

Until recently.

Summer was wetter than usual, but this fall has been soggier than anyone can remember. The storm a few weeks ago washed out roads and flooded fields. And about the time floodwaters began to recede it started raining again.

The old saying “We can always use the moisture,” has been replaced with “Be glad it’s not snow.”

But it may be soon.

It’s November now.

The freeze can’t be far away.

Perhaps as a precursor to what lies ahead, I recently re...