Seems that CalFire (California Department of ?something?) is working as hard as they can, but the fires burn on. Mostly, it’s a case of more fires than firefighters. Right now, they say that there are over 1000 fires burning – some in totally inaccessible places. Fires started by some of the hundreds of lightning strikes last week. With more thunderstorms predicted in the next couple of days, look for more fires. With the fires, comes smoke and soot. From our house, walking outside gets us a good smell of the fires – wherever they might be raging. Haven’t checked the…
Try Being Blind
This is just my way of inviting you to see the difference between walking in the “light” as opposed to walking in the “dark”. When I was younger, and heard of famous blind people like Helen Keller, my mind tried to grasp what it would be like to walk through a house that some one “re-arranged” (the worst thing you could do for a blind person). There are some vague memories about a movie about a blind person. I would close my eyes and try to walk through our house in San Francisco, and hope that no one had moved…
Dancin’ Feet
Can’t remember if that was the name of a Penguin or Fred Astaire movie, but nonetheless, that’s what this is about. Can’t remember how many years I have passed or heard about that dance studio called “Sherrie’s”. Can’t even remember if before getting involved in home schooling that I even knew anyone who was taking lessons. Besides, there weren’t any little girls in my household, so who would have known. We got invited to the annual “Show” put on by Sherrie’s. Several adults in our homeschool group were involved as students or moms, and so “we were going”. I knew…