Even though we should be one month into the wet season, it’s been awful dry and suffocating hot. The day before yesterday, I was helping my wife wash some clothes. After they were hanged out to dry, it took less than five minutes to have them back totally dry, folded, and ready to be stored in the closet. It was so hot, you could fry an egg on the street.
The days are hot and so too are the nights. You sweat in the light and sweat again in the dark. The electric fan isn’t any good; it just blows more hot air into your body. We turn it off and wait and wait until we get a feeble breeze to calm the heat. And then again, sweat in the light and in the dark.
Yesterday the weather changed abruptly. It rained all day long. It wasn’t exactly a cloud burst, but nevertheless it rained and the temperature dropped to a comfortable level. No more sweating in the bright nor in the dark. The sheets felt nice and cool under our backs and the fan was set to Off. For a change we were so happy to see the liquid freshness dropping from the sky, and a smile came to our faces, of course.
Having said that, I would like to explain the title of this post. I related yesterday’s rain to a beautiful song performed by Willie Nelson and Shania Twain called, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. It has been a favorite of mine for a very long time. Yesterday’s rain brought this song to my mind, so I decided to share it with you today. Whaddya know, two songs back-to-back in my last two blog posts. Rather unusual.
Please join me in listening to this delicate song about rain. It’s a lovely song indeed. Here we go.
