I have lived my life by faith, choosing to
believe that life has to make sense, choosing
to believe there is Spirit behind matter,
choosing to believe consciousness survives
death, choosing to believe there is a God
and that God is Good.
from: Consider the Butterfly
by: Carol Lynn Pearson

Something unexpected rose from the desert washes in Snow Canyon park 5 years ago this month. Something rare and wondrous and humbling. We were receiving rain- lots and lots and lots of rain. Rain fell from the sunless sky for 5 days straight, without letting up. It was a warm, thawing downpour. Snow in the nearby mountains began to melt in vast quantities, and with alarming speed!! There was hardly time to think or speculate. All this surplus water, all this runoff had nowhere go! The sand and stone were as saturated as a sea sponge and so the deluge began its run to the lakes. Rivers, streams, and gully washes formed in places that hadnt seen water in a hundred years. Trails closed or were washed completely away. Roads and paved paths were swept away in the ferocious currents, as well as 21 beautiful homes!!! And the sound...the unprecedented noise of rushing, tumbling , crashing water, making its way to Vegas, was a din of proportions unheard of in these parts. This desert is normally a thing of serene quite, hardly a bird peeps. But, for a few days we were treated to the disturbing, though at the same time mesmerizing sounds of water madly foaming and raging as it pounded its way over paths unaccustomed to such treatment. It was a tumult not soon forgotten. And a show of mother nature awesome power that we hope wont soon be repeated!!