I could tell the difference when I looked out the window to the hills and the skies this morning. The rain storm yesterday was a bit of a surprise. A real, earnest pouring making the sound of drum rolls everywhere. And the intermittant flashes of summer lightening and thunder rolls... A true "summer" thunder shower from the past, a glimpse of distant sensual memories... It felt strange, though, as if you've caught the face of your first love in the crowds after a long time, long after you thought you have forgotten the past, after you thought you have moved on... Actually, it felt nice, getting saoked up in hard falling water drops with pieces of Safeway ads over the head to no avail, trotting across the courtyard. It had a cathartic feel. It reminded me of a past. Hong. -- 04/19/1998 ------------------------- http://www.sori.org/hongcho/ -- Due to a shortage of devoted followers, the production of great leaders has been discontinued.