danger!

• blogging. i should be doing quite a few other things. instead, i am blogging. again.
• i knew monkeys were dangerous.
• santa ana winds. malibu is burning. so is north san diego county. the bear and i just got back from fontucky. i am just glad we didn't have to venture further in the BFE-almost-desert. we saw lots of tumbleweed, many felled trees, three big rigs on their sides, and an RV on its side. i had to run across the street to borrow something from a neighbor, and i literally had to run in order to avoid being swept sideways down the street. good thing we drove my car and not his truck. i wanted to take photos but didn't have my camera ready the first time and was driving on the return trip.
• adding three letters to your name. my full name no longer fits on one line of my social security card.