Fire & RIP

RIP for Crumpet, the gorgeous black cat who was a mainstay at Reader's Corner Bookstore. He had a long and good life.

The Wallow wildfire in Arizona is now over 400,000 acres. It came within 1/4 mile of Chuck's house but has been stopped there; it's now 6% contained though they're worried about high winds forecast for today and tomorrow. Chuck's in Texas with family. The smoke is so heavy over Eagar and Springerville that everybody is still advised not to come home. The town of Greer took the brunt of structure loss (57) and, of course, the Apache-Sitgreaves Natl. Forest is a mess. The fire has now moved east into New Mexico near the town of Luna, not far from Alpine AZ.

Wallow Wildfire in Arizona

This is now the biggest ever wildfire in Arizona, over 400,000 acres, much of the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest. Also, Eager and Springerville have been evacuated as the fire is headed in their direction.

Chuck left Eagar yesterday afternoon to go to Texas, where he has family. No telling what he'll come back to.

All is being done to keep the fire out of the towns but there's been zero containment so far and really high winds (up to 35mph gusts).

I hope the Casa Malpais RV Park, where I stayed last Sept., doesn't get damaged.

RIP

Joel Rosenberg, sf/fantasy author
James Arness, actor
Dr. Kevorkian, medical activist

All you can eat

mussels night at Avenue M. Mary-Anne love 'em and I do, too, so we met there last night. I wound up eating three dozen. The sauce was a jalapeno, honey, and cream concoction that was good but not nearly spicy enough -- you couldn't taste the jalapeno at all.

Still no job. Feh.

RIP

Randy Savage, a guilty pleasure from way back. The flamboyant wrestler died in a car crash.

No job yet.

Mother's Day

Mom at a Corps of Engineers party in Livorno, Italy 1958. Party down!

RIP

Joanna Russ, feminist science fiction writer, best known for The Female Man.