For conversation, weather is a gift. Ross McCammon in “Works Well With Others”
Now that we’ve got some weather (El Nino slamming southern California), how do we talk about it? Some tips perhaps, from a folk journalist confabbing about this fabulous storm system rolling out of the Pacific seas?
Mark Twain is often cited for, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.” But this disputes that attribution: http://www.twainquotes.com/Weather.html
I got into one conversation while out looking for a rainbow after a break in the action this afternoon. A UPS delivery man told me after I complained about the weather and its aftermath, “You’ll only see a rainbow when God is talking to you.”
“Well,” I replied, “what about if I see a double rainbow?”
“That’s when God brings along one of his angels.”
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Now, check out this story about a man making El Nino breakfast in an underpass, in a column today by the great LA TIMES writer, Steve Lopez:
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-rain-20160106-column.html
As members of the MMMS used to say — ‘NUFF SAID! (MMMS, for those unaffiliated with Stan Lee and his fellow comic book creators, was the “Merry Marvel Marching Society” which included MMMS buttons for kids like me who had subscriptions – ! – to Spidey, X-Men, FF, and DD.)
That’s my rap/let’s talk soon!
Link to chat with the author of “Works Well With Others,” Ross McCammon:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/11/04/works-well-with-others-ross-mccammon