LETTER FROM HOME

Is it too much to ask?
Dear Family and Friends,
The first real rain of the new season fell this week and it came with a bang.  In the distance the rolling rumble of thunder got louder as the storm drew closer. The sky grew darker, the clouds dropped lower and then the birds went quiet - a sure sign that it was about to start. The noise soon built to tremendous levels and the flashes of lightning were instantly followed by cracks of explosive, roaring thunder - the storm was directly ov