Means it is raining (“there is rain”). Yes, for the first time in months, there is precipitation (albeit delicate) in Fes! And yes, that really is how you say rain. Though still hot and sunny during the day, Morocco is cooling down. Instead of 100 degree days, we’ve settled at a mild 82. Mornings and evenings feel cool. A British friend left his host family in shorts and a t-shirt, to the astonishment of his host mother. He told her that the weather — about 65 and cloudy — was [...]

On August 15th, 2011 in Auckland New Zealand a strange and wonderful thing happened. It snowed. I am told it doesn’t snow it Auckland. It is simply unheard of. According to a China Daily article, the last time it snowed in the city center was in 1930s. The last time it snowed here, Hitler had yet to invade Poland. To say that people were excited would come nowhere near capturing the feeling in the air. The snow began as cold rain, which transitioned to sleet, hail and eventually actual honest-to-God [...]