Rose Dickson
12 October 2008
1605 – 1616 hours
White garden chair facing the Bistro, next to the mill stream on Willamette University campus, Salem, OR, USA
61 degrees, clear
What a beautiful day! Yesterdays chilling absence of clouds really paid off. The sun is out and the skies are bright blue! I relax by the stream as I notice all the students basking in the warmth of the sun. This gratefulness is such that only the passage of cool weather could bring. I have become increasingly more aware of Oregon’s flexible weather patterns. These patterns that used to annoy me, I now find I appreciate more and more. Without the dull weeks and months of rain, how could we enjoy a day like today so sincerely? Without the dry summer months how could we all welcome the rain with excitement and love? Today reminds me that Oregon’s weather is not consistent, it is constantly changing. Watching the students of Willamette University soak up the sun reaffirms the comforting presence weather can have on humanity. It is important to recognize and experience weather in all it’s forms.
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