Thank you for your support during this stressful fire week. My family is safe, the kids went back to school on Monday, and we never had to evacuate. The cool, damp, rainy, snowy weather has really helped the firefighters, and nearly all the southern California fires are contained. Containment is a huge step in the… [Continue]

Donations to the Southern California Wildfires 2003 Fund can be made online. They also have a tool for letting others know of the site.

Winds coming from the west have cleaned our air (we can breathe again!) but are making it worse for firefighters in east San Diego county. At the moment, I’d say we’re out of danger, but many others are not. Thank you for your concern and prayers.

We live in northern coastal San Diego, and the fires are close. The sky is a peculiar yellow, brown color. There is ash falling from the sky, just like the snow flakes we never have. My husband and son spent two hours hosing down our wood shingle roof on Sunday. Schools are closed. Many roads… [Continue]