Thirsty Southern California is given the promise that comes with the rain, like a ring placed on the finger of the goddess with a happy pledge. The prismatic bow rises over the Angelina National Forest. The clouds part, the birds sing with delirious glee, and hope fills the crisp, laundered air.
Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)