The Wonder of Water

It rained and everyone was happy for a little while

We had a big snowstorm here in the Sierra Foothills at the end of 2021, and the trees, brittle from a long drought, the worst in 1200 years, snapped easily under its weight. Some refuse has been cleared away, some remains. It was a disaster. But we were happy about the water.

Then it didn’t really rain or snow for a long time. The weather would say it wa…