Busy editing, I was startled when another coffee shop regular said, “Hallelujah.”
I looked up. “What?”
“Hallelujah,” she said. “It’s raining.”
I turned and looked out the windows. She was right.
Seeing it, I rose and went outside. Oh, the smell, the sound. The last time we’d had rain here in Ashland was July 15. Lightning that day accompanied the rain, starting many of the fires that issue the smoke we’re dealing with.
Lori came out. We laughed at the smells, sound, and sight. Rain! “Hopefully, there won’t be lightning,” Lori said.
Yes, my thoughts, too.
Michael Seidel, writer 
I never thought I’d pray for a really good down-pour of rain–rain for at least a good day and night!–hopefully, that may keep the forests from being too dry. . . .So far, Victoria had a few spits and splatters, but not a really, really good rain 😦
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No, we ended up with about six minutes of a decent rain, though not a true downpour, in some of the downtown area. Large swaths of town saw nothing or sprinkles. Need a long, hard rain.
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