Friday
A scary day here in Southern California: A raging brushfire in the general area of Malibu is hurtling towards our home in Trancas, a charming area where my wife and I plan to spend our golden years. Our house overlooks the Pacific and is a glorious place to watch sea birds, immense waves, yachts right out of magazines for rich people, and to feel powerful winds coming all the way from Canada.
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We have been in VERY close calls, and we still have scorch marks on our pink walls from terrifying days past.
Will we escape this time? I don’t know. I just know I am scared as hell. Luckily, right now my goddess and I are still in our home in Beverly Hills. Things are peaceful now. But what about tonight? I am scared, but then I am always scared.
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If the wind shifts, our wonderful pink house could be gone in five minutes. I’m scared. I want to keep the Pink House and the waves and the sea birds.
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