Downpour Dance
by Markus 'giles' Koehorst on Feb.09, 2010, under Villa de Leyva/Colombia
We went out on the town this evening, sporting umbrellas.
before
I felt strangely excited about that. Having spent 30 years in England, I always travel with an umbrella, and in fact, I had taken two of them to Colombia. This was the first time I had the opportunity to use them.
Walking around with our English umbrellas, we attracted much attention, from the many people watching the phenomenon from the safety of their front doors.
For some reason, my umbrellas are always broken, with bits of metal sticking out at odd angles from the black nylon covering. These particular umbrellas had never even been used, but still they were broken. I suspected the shopkeepers keep the broken umbrellas for the gullible ones, like me.
Greys commented that it wasn’t really proper rain. She is used to 20 minute downpours. This was a typical English-style drizzle. Again, I felt strangely excited about that. Who would have thought that English-style drizzle could make a man feel so alive.
after
Shortly after Greys’ disparaging comment, it started pouring down ‘properly’, and I mean PROPERLY. The rain got us from every angle, bouncing back from the cobbled street and the white-washed walls. Wonderful.
My enthusiasm passed on to Greys. At first, your instinct is to keep as much of your skin as dry as possible. But by the time the rain runs freely down your back, you no longer care, and a wonderful sense of abandonment takes over. We had closed our useless umbrellas and danced in the downpour. There was now noone else in sight. Everyone had gone in and closed the door. They didn’t know what they were missing.
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February 10th, 2010 on 12:25 pm
That’s a beautiful story!
I don’t think it’s that you miss England, it’s that England misses you. That’s why it sent you an English drizzle.
Greys looks lovely, as do you dard.
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February 10th, 2010 on 12:26 pm
Oh yeah. I wasn’t reminded in my hotmail about this new post, and the rss feed still doesn’t work. Shame on you and all of your sons!
February 10th, 2010 on 12:32 pm
Thanks Seb, great that you are the first to comment!
I am sorry the messaging still doesn’t work, but I sent you an email! You should get a request for confirmation. Hopefully, that will make it work.
Love you loads!
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February 10th, 2010 on 1:01 pm
What a wonderful story.
Makes me think of when I was a child and went ‘puddle jumping’ in the summertime. Having grown up in ‘The South’ I can tell you there’s nothing like the feeling of warm water, made orangy-red from the thick red clay hiding beneath the blades of green grass. And we never wore shoes to go splashing…why bother? Because when the temperature hovers near hotter-than-Hell you don’t have to worry about catching a cold!
So glad to hear that your umbrella got a chance to ‘serve its purpose’…well, at least for a few minutes!
Cheers,
Avery
February 10th, 2010 on 1:06 pm
Oh so refreshing! I still wanted to read on.I’m looking forward to the next one!
You two look good! Colombia is good for you….
*Rachel*
February 10th, 2010 on 2:30 pm
Downpour Dance, its the most romantic dance in the world you know…. What a wonderful story, it made me smile. One can really feel your happines.
All the best from Norway. <3
February 10th, 2010 on 3:35 pm
Lovely story! I love reading and writing beauties like this myself
.. Sounds like you had a time and a half. I really like your ‘Chicory’, fantastic intro. I play the drums so I’m bound to be attracted to that kind of rhythem. 
February 10th, 2010 on 3:59 pm
Thanks everyone for your reactions, very encouraging!
February 11th, 2010 on 12:39 am
What a beautiful story, I love the rain… even in down pours! I’m so happy for the happiness you both have found together, may it always be bliss!
Gina
February 11th, 2010 on 9:17 am
Grises, Marco, que gusto saber de sus vidas!
Con la danza de la lluvia, nos Confirman que la vida sigue.
Confirman n La importancia de rescatarnos para la felicidad, una Pesar de los sinsabores, la crisis de las …
Y una vez más, la lluvia, nos confirma que nada es mejor Allá, Aquí Que. Lo tenemos todo, donde estamos. En cualquier lugar del mundo, la felicidad Está dentro, no afuera, y, además, estamos donde lo tenemos todo para ser feliz.
Un abrazo con todo mi aprecio!
Un saludo También a Salomé y a Vanessa -
Hasta pronto, María Dolly
P.D. Deberías Explotar la faceta de escritor-poeta que muestras en tus notas.
February 11th, 2010 on 9:26 am
Muchas gracias Maria Dolly, y saludos de todos!
Thanks for your comment Gina!
February 11th, 2010 on 11:22 am
English Rain?….English Umbrella – makes sense…..but what are you gonna do when the snow comes?
Quite separately I’ve just read the script to the new film ‘A Single Man’ with Colin Firth in it – think you might like it, is up for an Oscar….I googled it – let me know if you read it what you think!
Lots of love – talk soon
Kerry x
February 11th, 2010 on 11:33 am
Thanks for the tip Kerry, I will have a look for it.
Talk soon!
x
February 11th, 2010 on 3:04 pm
Great stuff!
I remember as a child running up and down our driveway in a torrential thunderstorm downpour and feeling so excited, so alive!
Thanks for sharing
February 12th, 2010 on 3:41 pm
Loved this story! It reminded me of some special experiences I’ve had dancing in a downpour. It is great fun!
Keep ‘em coming, very entertaining reading!
February 12th, 2010 on 5:07 pm
Thanks Debbye, I am glad you enjoy them!
February 16th, 2010 on 10:34 am
Hi Mark,
Loved reading this. Brought back memories of incidents in teh rain back in the day! We have just updated our blog from France which can be found at http://www.lamaisondubluesnumerique.com
February 21st, 2010 on 6:00 am
Hi Ashwyn,
Thanks for your comment. Sorry it got stuck in the programme’s spam filter for a little while. I didn’t even know I had one.
I will keep checking your blog. All the best!
Markus
February 21st, 2010 on 6:01 am
PS How can I subscribe to your blog?
Markus