Sunshower

Strange weather today. Chilly and windy with bright sun, fabulously fluffy clouds, and spotty stormy blurs.

Down the road a bit, we ran through about five minutes of sideways rain with the sun still bright as can be. People used to say that meant the Devil was beating his wife. I wonder where that came from. (Hold on; I’ll go check.)

Well, according to Wikipedia, it’s a Southern thing, although in Tennessee, they say, “The Devil’s kissing his wife.” Hmm…

There are a lot of other devil references that go along with this “sunshower” phenomenon.

And just the word, “sunshower.” Wow. I don’t think I’d ever really heard it before. It’s blowing me away. SUNSHOWER. It’s my new favorite!!

p.s. One of my favorite singers, Chris Cornell, has a song called “Sunshower”:

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