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Petrichor

  • Writer: Ruby McConnell
    Ruby McConnell
  • Nov 26, 2018
  • 1 min read

After years of drought and record high temperatures, a delayed start to the rainy season has left Oregon desiccated. Stream beds are dry. Leaves crackle under foot. Clouds pass without giving up their cargo. Everything waits. I long for the sour-sweet smell of the world after the rain, the petrichor of fall.

 
 
 

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