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Last night part of the neighborhood got together for a local book signing. Pretty cool! It was held at Webster's Fine Stationers and we were all right by the door when folks came in.

I also had an opportunity to do smoozie demos. I didn't get a lot of action but some of the other authors did. People either knew them or had heard of them. No one knew me unless they were "friends" from Facebook. Was nice to meet the other authors, one I knew from her writing and the other whose ...

Whew! This has been an amazing week or so. He came to me yesterday and asked what I was doing last evening. Well, I've got a teleclass, why? He said his throat was sore from breathing the smoke and would like to get out, get some fresh air, etc. Sure! We can do that. One great thing about doing teleclasses, they can be done ANYwhere!

So, we packed up necessities for the day and headed out. I had a meeting at 3 (by phone) and then the teleclass. Between the two, we were at the beach ...

The a.m.'s here are really rough because the marine layer presses the smoke down to the ground. The house still smells like a chimney and we really can't go outside. Inside is very bad air even with fans and a/c.

My throat is hurting again. We were thinking of going back up to Big Bear but are hearing the smoke is traveling up there as well ~ from the Yucaipa fire.

Over 121,000 acres burned near us and the forecast is predicting rain which is a good and a bad thing. Bad ...

As I said in my last post, we're at the beach. Had to get out as the smoke was so thick, we couldn't get away from it even in the house, all windows closed and the a/c on.

Out landlady called to see how we were. Seems she's out because of the fire in Hemet and now, she can't go back because of the Yucaipa fire. They went to Las Vegas to get away yet, LV is getting our smokey air and it doesn't move. It just settles in that valley. She was sounding really bad.

He and I ...

We woke up to severe smoke. Nowhere in the house was better than any other so we evacuated. The marine layer and the fact there's no wind just kept it sitting close to the ground.

My throat is SO sore and my head was hurting so, either we both get out together or I'm off to Big Bear. He felt to go as well wo, we headed south to Long Beach where we are now.

I'm hoping to stay the night. Feels good to breathe ocean air rather than smoke. Haven't taken a deep breath since ...