For the first 20 years of my life, rain was something to be avoided.  Not that rain wasn't a good thing, it just wasn't something human beings engaged.  If the weather report said we were going to have rain all day, it was a day off from school.  No, the schools didn't close, but it was as if they did, for both students and staff are likely to be missing.  And this was warm rain, since the average … [Read more...]