When it rains
A road becomes a river I love a good rainy day. There's something peaceful about being inside while listening to the rain, or walking in the rain with an umbrella as the water rushes around you. Here on Clove Island it's rainy season right now, that season where the clouds close in for days at a time (a welcome break from the broiling sun), bringing rainstorms, thunder and lightning. The rain has a way of changing things though. Societal obligations change when it's raining. It's not uncommon for someone to call and say that the rain has "closed them in" so they won't make it to whatever had been planned for a particular hour. Classes continue, but sometimes the timing of a rainstorm can cause half the class to skip or be late. Social visits are timed around the rain. And sometimes people get stuck places. The visitor that was just dropping by will instead stay for a couple of hours, eating with you, taking a nap, and just waiting for...