We never needed to have left our home. On Halloween night, it rained. It was perfect. Read more...

We continue to await the hopefully not inevitable voluntary evacuation notice — we’re still several miles away from the front line of the fire, but the wind is pretty strong, so anything’s possible. Those of you who might expect a call, we won’t be calling until it’s to let you... Read more...

It’s pretty creepy up here now. The animals — we have four cats, a dog, and a turtle — are getting weirded out. Okay, I don’t know about the turtle, but you get the idea. The dog keeps wanting to go outside, where he just walks around and eats grass.... Read more...

So I went to get something to eat and the folks ahead of me waiting for a table were evacuees, straight from Big Bear. They were eating because they hadn’t had time to get breakfast before they had to leave their house. I was eating because I was tired of... Read more...