An Interview

So... I actually have had a real live, bonafide interview conducted and published! If you visit my friend Antonella's blog, you'll find her article about me in three parts, beginning on Saturday, September 9. She has flattered me to no end. Please check out her incredible quilling work by clicking through to her web page. That's a talent that requires some patience, for sure!

The house smells of smoke this morning and it's making my throat hurt. We've had a fire burning in the mountains since Labor Day. At night I can see the flames on the distant hill tops. During the day, our valley is covered with a grayish blanket of air. The fire has been burning in terrain so rough that they are only able to battle the flames from the air. It has been moving (thank God) away from us and all the homes closer to civilization. Last night it changed direction and is now doubling back on itself... how, I'm not sure. But the winds must have changed too because the acrid smell of smoke is everywhere this morning. It's still quite far from posing any danger to our home, but the omnipresent threat of your state being perpetually on fire is getting a little old to live with.