after the morning rain

As we corner in on a long weekend, the rains have increased to their usual frequency for this time of year, bringing out spiders,

and reviving plants I watched wilting earlier in the week.

Here’s to a few days framed with sun, as we turn toward restorative summer—

Kristen says:

WCW sidebar poetry, John, that’s brilliant—your turn: Black Mountain Malbec is an excellent first line ;)

Your “Recent posts” column reads like a line of south Floridian folklore:

after the morning rain
you put the lime in the coconut
for the mangoes are ripe