Revision: "Work on What Has Been Spoiled"

It's raining like a mofo here in California this week. I love the winter rains, I like how every little spot of the landscape gets watered. It reminds me of the hylozoic Zen koan:

Q: "Does a stone have a soul?"

A: "The universal rain moistens all creatures.

It's absurd how the news-media always try and put a disaster-and-crisis-and-watch-your-television slant on some a healthful and revivifying natural process that is in no sense a harsh surprise. But why even worry about them? The rain is ...