Fire update -
I'm still okay. Kids are all out of school today because of the fires. It's dark from the smoke, like a really cloudy day, and we have to keep all the windows closed. One edge of the fire is about 3 miles from my mom's house, but I can't believe it would sweep through that flat, pretty treeless suburban neightborhood - still, may have to be prepared to evacuate her.

Ellie