The story of Rachel, Leah, Laban and Jacob in the Lectionary is about a different world. And I’m glad it is. For all the kind descriptions of their beauty, Leah and Rachel seem to play no part in deciding their futures. They might as well be possessions. Therefore it is hard to know what lessons to take from this account. Though perhaps it might be as well when welcoming a stranger to explain the local customs at an early stage!
Meanwhile, according to the radar there is rain all around us, and it seems, above us, but I got a walk in without getting wet. I guess the snow/rain is evaporating before it reaches the ground. It does that kind of thing sometimes. You can sometimes see virga/fallstreaks hanging out of the bottom of clouds and not reaching the ground. Often that is because the relatively opaque mass of snow has melted into a less opaque mass of rain on the way down. Sometimes, though, it has evaporated completely. And ISTR Janet had the opposite experience last year on the north coast of Sutherland/Caithness. The radar showed little evidence of the drizzle which drenched her. Forming in the low cloud I guess.