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Real Life Significance of Rain

I stood with a clump of counselors somewhere around midnight, watching the torrential downpour jarred by flashes of light.

You are suddenly and acutely aware that when you die and go to hell, this is what awaits you.

The words didn’t seem so distant from everyday life, from the people who’d small-talk about crops over their coffee.

Sometimes I think about the present moment so much that I disconnect from it

As an adult, people give you odd looks if you’re crouched down beside a puddle or anthill.

I feel like I just keep taking up space on this blog.

For a creature that technically does not have a brain, Clive has a great sense of dramatic timing.

Folksy places have their dark side.

If you haven’t read this masterpiece, please do yourself a favor and Amazon Prime that sucker in time for some weekend reading.

I won’t say we pulled half-burned logs out of firepits to salvage them for our own use, but I won’t deny it either.