I’ve been enjoying the not-as-infrequently-as-promised rain in Boston this summer, probably because of its novelty as a permanent California resident. One of my (newly) favorite activities while it’s raining is to walk around, pretending for a moment to adopt the mindset of a tree, who, I imagine, revels in the thought of getting soaking wet. This being said, as much as I enjoy this arboreal fantasy, I most certainly do not enjoy when my socks get soaking wet. To combat my phobia of having wet socks, I have decided to exclusively wear flip flops when it rains, accepting my fate as someone with wet feet (but importantly, not wet socks).
This is not meant to (only) be an exposition on the current, former, or future moisture content of my socks, but is rather meant to set the scene for the moment when I happened upon my local coffee roaster, happily splashing through the puddles down the street in my flip flops. At this instant I realized that my life, which was already quite enjoyable re:my new-found enjoyment of rain, would be significantly more enjoyable with the companionship of a warm cup of coffee. And in exchange for 6 minutes at work (my new value-assessment scheme), I received far more than 6 minutes of enjoyment for the remainder of my walk, and even more than that in the reflections of the aforementioned enjoyment.
hunting for a place to lie on the grass and look up at the trees.
A glitter, a glimmer, a glimpse a gint, a glimmerl; gleaming a hint, a glint a flutter, a mutter; whisp-ering emboldened by the light envigorated symbiosis, coming truly alive in the vascularity illuminating the respiration of the leaves, unmatched vibrance garnering energy, on the brink of fusion leaning out from the safe harbor of the trunk, tumbling over one another, stretching their arms out with the hopes of touching the light first. recharging
the orchestrated dance of the leaves in the wind pales in comparison to the magic of a backlit leaf.
The sun, despite all my complaints about heat and aridity, is a good companion to the leaves of trees