Dear popcorn,

You are tasty.  (I haven't eaten you today.  That's okay.  There's always more time for that.) 

You are also a useful way to describe things.  A new friend said this the other day, "I like big birds.  I like lots of them.  If it doesn't look like popcorn, I'm not interested."  I had never thought about birds and popcorn, though the comparison feels appropriate. 

Tonight I walked home in the pouring rain, giggling at the sheer power of the water as it hit the ground.  I had a rain coat, but my pants and shoes were instantly soaked.  As the rain hit my coat it sounded just like popcorn, and with my eyes on the ground I thought that it might look like popcorn as well. 

Popcorn might be my new favorite descriptor. 


love,
hannah