In a fog

 

In more ways than one this morning. We had planned to drive up to the Skagit Valley to see the wintering snow geese in the farm fields, but the area is socked in with fog, and freezing fog at that. So we will wait for a clear winter day, when the driving is safer and we can actually see something. That's the beauty of being retired.

Oh my. From up here in the damp and cold Northwest, the devastation in Los Angeles is heart breaking to watch. We have not seen anything this horrific in our entire lives, or even imagined it, for that matter. 

Fire is the great leveler, affecting every socioeconomic group in that diverse city, not just "west coast liberal elites." Many dreams, large and small, have gone up in smoke. Predictably, the disaster has now become politicized, adding insult to injury. I guess finger pointing is the new normal when disasters happen.