10/25: After a night of stifling heat and gusting winds and getting up at 2:30 am to take down wind chimes and umbrellas, I awoke with this thought/prayer/wish — that there would be no local fires. Everyone around me is a bit on edge after the recent Canyon 2 fire, a fire that quickly moved to within 5 miles of my house and triggering an old childhood fear of my house burning down.
24 hours have passed and while there were fires in Southern California yesterday, thankfully there were none in my immediate vicinity.
We continue to be blanketed with oppressive heat, but the winds have stopped, at least for me, and this morning there is nothing but stillness.
I am grateful to be one day closer to the end of this heat wave.
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