Friday, 16 July 2010

The day after St Swithin

In Italy every day has a saint, while in England, you could count them on your fingers. But it's not surprising that one of the saints we do have is a weather man.

The myth of St Swithin says that whatever the weather on his feast day, the 15th July, it will stay that way for 40 days.

Yesterday it rained. Yesterday was my feast day, my 100th one in a row and I know, that I will continue, for at least 40 more, putting words on the page the way the clouds will throw rain like wedding rice all summer.

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