Six-word stories: IJ readers share short tales about January
Until recently, it was a four-letter word that was mentioned hopefully, reverently — rain. But after this month's numerous atmospheric rivers and t...
Until recently, it was a four-letter word that was mentioned hopefully, reverently — rain. But after this month's numerous atmospheric rivers and the devastation they brought, many of us might be quietly reciting the popular nursery rhyme: 'Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.' For February, let's explore rain — in six words. What is your relationship with rain? Please make it a story with a beginning, middle and end — not six adjectives, a cliche or advice. Make us laugh or cry or at the very least feel something.