The days go wizzing by and as happy as i am to get back to work today the more nervouse i am about leaving my house. first day back and big sur is indeed a moon scape. its wild and the real fun will be this winter when the rain starts. these now unprotected hillsides will hammer down into the yalleys and unleash a torrent of rocks and mud... where will the government be then... the news crews...

i would post some links to some pages in the papers that have been of interest for me and all in big sur.. but its a mac top and as usuall im not mac savy.. one was written by cheeses mom in the herald. several were about the boys on apple pie ridge and another was on cnn.com..

anyways, im fucking beat and we still can see flames from our road and our house when the smoke blows in another direction than right over us. we have been working our asses off and taking days off inbetween. the other day we had a bit of a bbq and folks from our neighborhood all came up and swam in our pool, hung out on the grass naked and brought their kids, supplies, good vibes etc... i installed my pop up shade out on the point and folks have been watching the air show and flames at night. we had one of the biggest bombers helping out our fire brigade do their backburn and retardent. it was a dc-10, imagine a passenger jet flying by at eye level and dumping a quarter mile of bright red shit every where!!!

other things float around in our heads, how will the chemicals they are using affect our water, what kind of animals will be lurking around up here now... what will our creek do where we get our water... how will our road fare after all this fire clearance..etc. etc...

my landlord came up and helped for several days and gave me his chainsaw to keep for all my hard work. also knocked some rent off for the month, sweet! we have also been drinking non stop, our house guests for the last week, who were evaced from their homes, left this morning and even though its nice to have a slightly more empty, we miss them. the drinking will have to resume some time later, ive picked up that wonderful little anal themed bug and have been running to the bathroom to fart every hour on the hour it seems...

i wish i could post some of the wicked pics we have taken, but in the following weeks i hope to do some of that. our office is almost empty and operating at bare bones at the moment. the ladies have set up a temporary station in town at our number two guys house. i havent mentioned many specifcs here as im not wanting everyone and the fucking mom googleing shit about the fire and landing up here... but you all get the picture! have a great evening and as always i miss you all and love your comments....