Hello, thunder and lightning.

I haven't been able to sleep. I hope this passes or has already passed, because it's been dry lightning. We don't need fires starting.

The cat didn't like it either, and she seems to have hidden herself.

Weather and storms made me think of the crops growing and of immigrants.

I really think we need immigrants to be treated well in this country. We rely on them a lot. I do not understand why some people don't want to admit that. 

Perhaps they are just relying on certain coping mechanisms that give them the story they want to hear.

It's really has seemed very mean. I feel mystified by some people's choices and I don't want to repeat certain old patterns.

Anyways, hello and thank you for reminding me I am grateful for shelter and awed by the  phenomenon of weather.