Wind is very high tonight, the report said to fasten down light objects. I'm leaving the trash cans behind a fence, hopefully that is enough. The air here smells like burning grass, but the fires are a hundred or more miles away.

A bit of shopping with a gift certificate tomorrow. Essentials. I am trying to keep most of the movement of stuff out, not in. I still find the space in my large living room remarkable, once I got rid of that futon and moved things around. But in addition to reducing furniture is the effort to remove things from flat surfaces. I'm not doing that 40 bags in 40 days (if for no other reason than I'm not Catholic) but I suspect for some people it is very useful. If I were to take bags into my kids' rooms I probably could fill them. Maybe next summer before my son moves to Seattle I can get him to go through the stuff. My daughter is a hopeless case, and with every visit she always finds materials she can use for current projects. Her bedroom is a virtual storeroom.

SRS