The thunderstorm threatened for hours. At last it is raining, the hardest, most dense rain we have had in months, and it is also hailing, simultaneously. The hailstones are huge -- between half a centimeter and a centimeter in diameter.
Maya Pavlova is under a desk lamp, ignoring it all and grooming herself.
I am designing theology sessions for the diocesan Deacon Formation Program.
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Jane,
my idea of a big hailstone is 3-4 cm. Of course, that area of the country is noted for violent thunderstorms AKA Tornadoes.
I suppose I have taken this much time to realize what violent weather we had, but I knew no other. Storm cellars (dugouts, mostly) were a given.
It's all context!
Those are some big hailstones. Whew. Did you get caught in hailstorms? Ouch.
Context: precisely.
Well, there was that incident of driving through a tornado. The hail from that was the size of golf balls: ~ 3-4 cm. That's why I was worried that the windshield would be destroyed; a hailstorm can demolish a car: completely wreck both glass and metal.
There is no peppermint in Sweet Tea. Peppermint is what I make. No caffeine, and I drink it sugarless because
Sweet Tea is made with regular black tea, just teabags -- and, most importantly, water that has been heavily sweetened with sugar -- the authentic sweet tea has the water sweetened before the tea steeps rather than after. But not everyone does it the authentic way. (Note: I'm not from the South but I looked it up.)
Oops, didn't finish my sentence. I drink it unsweetened because I am watching my calorie intake.
P.S. And without ice cubes because I dislike overly cold drinks; I wasn't raised in the U.S. so I never got into the habit. (And actually, as a kid I used to complain that ice cream was a little too cold.)
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