When it Rains in Colorado - by Dawson Eliasen

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A reflection on transience

In the high desert just east of Pikes Peak, it only ever rains for ten or twenty minutes at a time. I grew up there, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This plain east of the Rockies is described as a “high desert,” because it’s very dry. It does, however, consistently get thunderstorms in late summer. These storms range from prolonged, soft, rumbling sessions to exchanges of close and intense barks splitting downpours of hail. During the more quiet and distant storms, when our house wasn’t being touched by the rain, my dad loved to stand on the deck and watch the lightning. This is a distinct…

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