noteworthy

i smell rain.

tonight i gained a friend back.

a summer evening's rain doesn't choke me with evaporation off asphalt, dirt and plant leaves, but is mild; it is simply rain falling from rainclouds.

the messy situation is still messy...

i also smell the freshly-laundered blanket from my childhood that is wrapped around me.

...but the main points got cleared up.

tonight i made homemade butter pecan ice cream and ate it as i watched the rain slide down my window pane and flow down my street.


i'll remember tonight well because i have regained something that mattered to me, and because i took in the smell of rain.