"The twin fires in Mendocino and Lake counties flared up . . . forcing the new evacuations from the 4,700-resident town of Lakeport and other communities near Clear Lake. . . . The blazes have destroyed six homes and threaten 10,000 others. So far, the flames have blackened 87 square miles (225 square kilometers), with minimal containment" [Associated Press].
Mercifully prosaic in proximity, simply errands out and about, on the 124th day of summer, high down 5 to 97, composing page 2 Dan Cook Canyon: Six Tethered Tales 'Round Danville, CA, Op. 285 (2018): IV. San Francisco Spite Walls (Dan Cook's Niece / Intermezzo Interruptus), and editing system 48 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II...
