stay safe everyone

we are experiencing a lull in the rain & wind.  yesterday anna & i drove around town as we ran a few errands & took some pics & vids of the very high american river & structural damages caused by fallen trees.  we are in a flood watch.  much of my beloved state is in a flood watch.  my brother in the art jonathan hayes, his wife & their cat, who live in santa cruz, evacuated to higher ground tonight because of the threat of flooding.  am i nervous?  fuck yes i am.  we live in a time of wild extremes & weather is not exempt.  last summer we experienced the hottest temperature i have known in my 55 years on this little blue rock, 116 F.  we are still in a mega drought.  & now we are facing severe winter storms with winds with speeds of upwards to 64 mph.  the rain & wind are expected late tonight, early tomorrow morning.  the schools were closed today because many campuses were still without power.  anna joked that we never got a day off from school because of smoke from wildfires, pandemic or rain.  but these are new brave days, brothers & sisters.  &, as you already know, this is just the beginning.  

stay safe