Rain

ByLakota Grace

Rain in the desert is a different thing. Our monsoon season starts in July. Not like an East Indian monsoon, where the rain rains buckets at a time, but a gradual build up of high thunderclouds that eventually rain when they feel like it. A lot of stern and drang, thunder and lightning, teasing sprinkles which sometimes…

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A wealth of radishes

ByLakota Grace

Every other Saturday I make the trek to a close by town to harvest baskets of vegetables and fruit at my food coop. I put in my order on Monday, but it’s never guaranteed what will be there. We follow the seasons: winter saw a lot of broccoli and winter squash; now I am seeing…