Wow, here it is! Rain, real wet drops of moisture filling up the sky and pouring down in buckets across our backyard. Even a bit of thunder accompanied our morning storm. It is only the 3rd time of rain since the start of the New Year. Our area has been gypped so far from the hope of El Nino, since most of the rain has stayed up north. Southern California has been like the forgotten step child , the one betrayed . . . Nature seems to be in a sad struggle. The beautiful blue Earth that came from a planet of darkness without shape or form, is betrayed by its inhabitants. We have abused our first responsibility granted to us by our Creator as we continue to ravage, pillage and rape the land. Within my lifetime, 50 % of animal spe cies and fish no longer exist. It seems that greed is our only motivation, and never being able to s atisfy it s urge we are willing to even betray all that we were entrusted with, even to betray ourselve...