Dear Friends,
As I enjoyed the beautiful weather the past few days, I wondered how anything could possibly be wrong with our climate. The air was clear, birds filled our back yard and life seemed idyllic (at least in Northern California). But a grim reminder hit us as Beth and I drove to a nice dinner out.
Smoke on the horizon, a controlled burn gone bad in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It’s easy to be alarmed when smokey haze fills the air, or the paper is full of climate related disasters.
But humans seem to have a short term memory problem as soon as things clear up. I think it’s the same with Covid. When someone in your family gets it, you become extra careful and concerned, like when my brother came down with it.
But now that he is healthy, and most of my friends and relatives hopefully are as well, it is difficult to maintain that resolve.