Category: Storms
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The sky is crying
I took a picture of the mint I have growing in my backyard today. Just a few weeks ago it was thriving, big and beautiful, with fragrant leaves. I never thought it was possible to kill mint. It always seemed so invasive, so impervious to its surroundings. But the rain hasn’t stopped for weeks, and…
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Face the river
I’m sitting here watching a river of rain run through my yard. It’s been raining for days now. My yard is saturated, unable to drain fast enough. My 1980 septic system means no shower, or laundry, or, well you get the point. But outside isn’t the only place it’s been raining this weekend. I think…
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Storm warning
It was March 2001 when I moved in with my husband Joe. Just a few months later we were in the middle of tornado season in Oklahoma. Our closet was the hidey hole when the spring weather got crazy. One year, for my birthday, we set out to buy a sauna and came home with…
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