Daylight savings time

Turn the clocks back next
week? I could use that extra
hour of sleep right now…

Trick or treat

Decorations for
Halloween still not up. Life
seems scary enough.

Clothing exchange

Suddenly it’s too
chilly to wear a tshirt.
Autumn’s in the house.

Hometown

Back east, the skies are
clearing, blue unending. Cool
dampness. Leaves changing.

San Diego fire 13 – Lucky

Miraculous. Fire
missed Anne’s house. She’s back at home.
The worst thing now – smoke.

San Diego fire 5 – Family back east

California burns.
Your life separate from us?
Now just smoke and ash.

San Diego fire 4 – Remembering Del Rio Road

We visited once.
Soaked in your hot tub under
the lemon tree’s shade.

San Diego fire 3

Spring Valley is bone
dry. Here in New York skies rain
tears of compassion.

Left behind

What’s necessary?
The triage of memory.
A pyre to the past.

Packing to evacuate

Photos first, then the
baby albums. Love letters.
We can buy new clothes.