Black Dot Diary

Photo by Ash­ley Rose, Cre­ative Commons

Today the rain started. It could have been worse. They pre­dicted hail for Vic­to­ria. I woke up this morn­ing in an amaz­ing mood to a sunny fall day: head clear, full of energy, ready for any­thing. By 3 p.m., my mood greyed with the sky and by 4 p.m. I was down­right despon­dent when the rain came.

Since mov­ing to the West Coast of British Colum­bia 22 years ago, I’ve con­sid­ered myself a weather vic­tim. A few years ago I had to admit it — I suf­fered from SAD (Sea­sonal Effec­tive Dis­or­der). If I could move to the desert I would, but love has a way of mak­ing us do crazy things. For love, I live in a rain forest.