rain plays a little
sleep song on our roof at night
… and I love the rain
April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.
From The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes, 1994 by Alfred A. Knopf.
It’s been dry.
It’s been dry here in the Low Country of South Carolina.
One mile from the Atlantic Ocean and there isn’t enough water on the land, despite how much water is next to the land.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the Low Country is Abnormally Dry but not in a drought.
And it has started to rain.
A storm has anchored itself off the coast of South Carolina and the lows and highs and storm fronts have locked this storm into place over head and it is going to rain.
It will most likely rain for the next day.
It might rain for the next two days.
It could rain for the next three days.
As you might guess, it is Memorial Day Weekend.
I think that pretty much guarantee’s rain for the next three days.
We live in an ocean side resort community.
People have put a lot of time, money and effort into arranging a Memorial Day vacation at the shore.
I think that pretty much guarantee’s rain for the next three days.
We live in the south of South Carolina.
Life here is designed to be lived outdoors.
Miles of beaches, acres of golf courses and very little opportunity to do anything under cover or indoors.
I think that pretty much guarantee’s rain for the next three days.
I think of the weather jokes I learned during 20 years of working in local TV news.
What do you call the day that follows two days of rain?
Monday!
By law, the seventh day of a seven day forecast is always warm and sunny. You just never get to that seventh day …
Turn a frown upside down … you get rain in your nose.
It is so true that everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it.
And I can’t do anything about it.
I guarantee rain for the next three days.
So I will watch it.
So I will listen to it.
And without other options, I will love it.
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.
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