Sunday the village I live in was told to evacuate. My brother Steve's neighborhood of Kenwood also had to leave. I left Glen Ellen around 10:30 that evening, Steve followed a couple of hours later. We are currently at my son and daughter-in-law's home in Daly City, on the San Francisco border, with our dogs, just wishing and hoping and waiting. Today's CalFire press conference reported that the winds are supposed to pick up today and there is a lot of heat in Sonoma Valley. They also said there's a 50-50 chance that the fire could get to Kenwood and Glen Ellen.
So we wait. And hope and try not to be too anxious, which is a lost attempt since anxiety is an obvious outcome when you are worried about your home burning up.
Gabe and Annie are being very kind and generous to let us invade their lives. They work from home, so having two other bodies in the house and two other dogs is tough on their work process. Steve and I try to be quiet but it doesn't always happen.
There's nothing else to say. Tomorrow morning we will go to Guerneville and spend a few nights with Jenn and Dar. We don't know when we can go home, don't know what the fire will do, don't know where we will stay after Sunday. The situation is compounded by Steve's dog, who has a difficult time walking very much and can't really do stairs. We may end up in a hotel, which would be fine with me. At least we wouldn't be pestering others!
Keep good, safe thoughts.
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