A shift in the winds is starting to blow this "super massive" cloud of smoke back inland over the Northwest interior. The onshore wind is usually our friend, bringing in fresh air and cool temperatures from the Pacific Ocean. But not this time. Maybe I can still get a walk in this morning, because we'll probably be trapped inside for the rest of the weekend.
It's hard to wrap your mind around the sheer quantity of bad news. So many people in the West are displaced, or have lost homes and businesses. Our niece and her family live on the outskirts of Medford, Oregon. Because of the wind direction, their immediate neighborhood was spared, but they have friends and coworkers who were not so lucky.
As for indoor weekend activities, we have everything on hand to make some labor-intensive apple walnut chutney with the home grown Spartas. Each one hosts a private little worm, so the resident knife wizard gets the task of whittling them down into clean, white chunks.
Stay safe and be well, wherever you are.
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