We Can Change the Weather

a part of The Weather Vein Project

Archive for May, 2009

Weather Memories from Spanish Immersion students at Highland Park Junior High, St. Paul, Minnesota

La lluvia The rain Por Francesca La lluvia afuera de mi ventana. The rain, outside my window. Los reflejos de las luces de la ciudad brillando en las muchas gotas de agua. The reflections of the city’s lights shine bright on the many raindrops. Yo voy afuera, miro al cielo donde caen las gotas, y me siento tranquila, escuchando a las gotas [...]

Snjeg (Snow) by Mina

My father drank until the money ran out and the kafana keepers chased him out like a mongrel until he was finally forced to come home in search of moonshine and money. My mother hid things. In the tiny crevices of the one room hovels that we occupied throughout Bosnia, she hid dollars sent from America, šljivovitz for grave occasions and as [...]

Umbrella art

An umbrella is a simple technology used to protect ourselves from the weather. I found a world of umbrella art online. Many of these images were hard to find sources for. But they are quite beautiful..