dampen your fire

I know a lot of our friends in Los Angeles are seeing smoky blackness in the sky and dried brush on the ground so I hope nobody's going to think I'm rubbing noses in it when I have to say one more time that the fall here is beee-u-tee-ful! Man oh man! I just cannot explain it to you enough. Our hills look like they are on fire but it is only the bright yellow, orange and red leaves of the trees. I am grateful at least my Uncles get to escape the smoke and come here for the crispness and the cleanness, for a little while anyhow. We are sending our damp and chilly thoughts to all you in those fires!