‘The marvel of marvels was that there on the rounded back of the planet, between this magnetic sheet and those stars, a human consciousness was present in which as in a mirror that rain could be reflected.’

Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Wind, Sand and Stars
(Lewis Galantière-translator)

It did rain here today. At last.

Hardly enough to pock the dust or quench the thirst of a fireant but the scent enough to arouse the memory of rainfall, the desire for more.