After the terrible fires it is a great blessing to have rain. I feel the aftermath of the fires in the air, it is as though everyone was at first so grateful to be safe, that they were able to overcome the attachment they had to their physical things being lost, in that moment. But now the holidays approach and no one is really home, and the ashes are settling into the earth, and the real winter of loss has begun. My heart goes out to my friends and all others who lost their