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FIELD NOTES

Confronting Summer Thunder

B. Lee Coyne, ATMS

Look skyward! Flashes of bright lightning sear the

firmament above. For some of us that is a scary scenario.
Seconds later, a boisterous sound jars the senses.
Lethargy is no more. Nature has commanded our
attention!
Summer has made its noisy arrival.

In the process a less than silent commentary is
presented us. And from this phenomenon we speakers
and writers are given an array of analogies almost as

copious as raindrops.
LIGHTNING represents intrusion. Life often abounds
with same. Who is it in our daily routine that craves for
attention? Is not lightning a symbolic actor who enters
center stage with little warning or fanfare?

Yet Lady Lightning brings enlightenment in her own
way. The prior darkness must part. Farewell to the Dark
Ages. Alas, let there be light!

Now comes the noisy counterpart: THUNDER.
It rumbles furiously. It roars with a passion. Wake up
from that siesta and take careful note. Anger is unleashed.
Mother Earth will no longer dwell in her passive state. She
must be reckoned with—now, not later!

Whenever lightning and thunder join forces, this
becomes our urgent call to action. Clinging to the status
quo is unacceptable.

Apathy is no longer the path to pursue!

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