Watch It, Hear It, Smell It

April: On NatureApril 1Today begins a new month, and with it, we say goodbye to the theme of March, which was On Death, and hello to a new theme of April: On Nature. To kick us off, this episode was inspired by the poem “April Rain Song” by Langston Hughes. I’d hear the rain start slow, then hammer down on the roof and my window faster, and it’d put a stop to whatever it was I was doing, and I’d move over to the window and look out and just watch as the world outside was transformed by it. But that wasn’t enough. I needed to feel the change in the air, the temperature drop and the humidity, smell the petrichor. And I guess my father felt the same way. The memories of my father are a heavy mix—the good, the bad, the in-between—but those quiet times out on the porch, listening to the rain . . . those were good nights. And from them, I learned to love the rain. Reflection title: Watch It, Hear It, Smell ItCreative inspiration: Langston Hughes, "April Rain Song"Reflection Question: What is my fondest memory of rain? If I don’t have any, I’ll make one next time it rains.