Oh the days dwindle down...

Oh man, September already? This year has sure gone fast. Each day I open the mailbox to more Christmas catalogues. We're now well into fire season here in LA. It's really bad this year and will probably get worse before we get our first rains, which will most likely be sometime in late October. The long-range weathner forcasts assure me there will be nothing by the 15th of this month, at any rate. And just three days ago I was in London's pouring rain.

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I had a good time in London. I wen