A few minutes ago, while chicago was still in the midst of downpour, I went out to stand in our concrete backyard in nothing but some old athletic shorts (hand-me-downs from Ro, I think) turning my face up to the sky. Just to enjoy the rain. I tried to do that a time or two in berkeley, but the bay area doesn’t have cooling summer rains, only chilling winter rains. So I stopped trying it there. But it did remind me of a time, a decade ago, when I was out on the porch in front of AEPi indulging in a similar romp in a cool summer rain, with
what’s the polution like there…i’d almost be afraid of rain touching my bare skin in a big city.
Enh, it’d been raining for hours, the worst was probably out of it by then. =)
Furthermore, given the population of outdoors animals that thrive in the city (cats, rats, pigeons), I doubt the rain is a serious impediment to my continued survival. =)
I wanted to do that but I think the lawyers would look at me funny if I came back to the copier soaking wet.