I'm so glad to hear that the fires did not reach you; the West seems to get it all--rain, fire, pestilence, on such a dramatic scale. I will send out energy for all of you in danger of the fires.

We have "gale force" wind predictions, big ocean swells, and, to top if off, I awoke this morning with a headache and queasiness and a generrally sick feeling. Time to give into it, listen to the rain, crank up the heating pad and read all those back issues of Yoga Journal!