Photo Source: PxHere Nebraska The day on the plains is not like eastern days, or Pacific coast days. There’s a horizon at both ends for a start. The sun goes east to west but it could just as easily do the journey in reverse. And the sky is broad and blue. It’s nothing to do with them but people are still proud of it. The plains are not much photographed except when, sometimes, folks like to know how much their place looks like someone else’s. And it’s as flat as the palm of God’s hand....

Photo Source: Raw Pixel THE RAINDROP Like magic, a drop of rain plopped from the sky. A lizard’s tongue grabbed at it but missed. A toad jumped into its path but that watery gem ricocheted off its scaly back, tapped the head of a startled rattlesnake then fell between a scorpion’s clutches. It hit the earth, dissipated on contact, with no object in mind but frustration. THE MIRACLE OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY It’s our tenth anniversary and I'm like the bystander with his head in Lazarus'...