O’Neill: Rainbows, slugs, and what’s in our control (column)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

As I made coffee and fed the animals this morning I watched a rainbow grow. It began as a small, vertical patch against the mountains to the West, shining with the iridescence of mother-of-pearl. I noticed it as my morning began, reveled in the unique beauty of it, and then moved on with the chores. When I chanced to look back a few moments later, it had grown into a full-blown rainbow, arching across the sky. I stepped onto the porch to take a photo, and as I did so the sweetness of gentle rain began to fall.