Door squeal and quiet footsteps. 4:40 a.m. Chilly morning. Light pollution and the demise of stargazing. Recalling the Harris fire. Pulse: 52 BP: 120/76 Iron 13.1. Upcoming Christmas and my nieces. Christmas Eve and my mom's birthday and snow in San Diego anniversary. My new schedule for finishing a novel.

The Harris Fire sweeps along the ridge lines of Mt. San Miguel as I describe the fire that threatened Spring Valley, as well as some of the other fires in the county. Santa Ana winds, a strange light in the sky, smoke and flames add up to a once in a generation experience. I discuss possibly evacuating and the difficult choices when packing an emergency bag, facing the fact that everything else but what you take may be burned and lost, like correspondence, writing journals, CDs, and my road bike.

A majestic display of the moon, Saturn, Venus, and Regulus brings me out for another pre-dawn show. Two race reports: La Jolla Rough Water Swim and the Mission Bay Triathlon. An idea involving GPS/SMS (MMS?) for haiku and history.

Somewhat sleep deprived, I record this in a soft voice while watching for meteors. A dream of stars. I talk about the recent hiatus. I highly recommend visiting Santa Rosa (part of the Channel Islands National Park). My brief description doesn't do it justice. I talk about humanity travelling to other stars. Recent blood donation stats: 125/84 blood pressure, 41 pulse, 15.9 Iron. Sprinklers add some nice "hiss" about 17 minutes into the show. Pondering Doppler effects for other senses. Poorly enunciated final -- sorry!

Last day of school. Convergence of events and the delay of my solstice card. An idea for colorizing windows. Original thoughts, _Softwire: Rings of Orbis 1_, and creating our own work. Next stage for the podcast. I speedwalk race a first grader for part of the hill.

Summer solstice card will be delayed this year due to art taking longer than anticipated. Freeware painting app. Problems with internet search engines. Some of the reaction at work due to my resignation.

Three reasons for not playing in the staff/5th grade softball game. Bee stung right foot. Surprising popularity of summer school. Further thoughts on "Star Trek: TOS" Season One.

Summer solstice approaches and my card is nearly ready. The joy of writing. Triathlon training update.

After one swim, I love my Eagle goggles -- can't wait to use these at La Jolla Cove. I cut through the fields and stadium of the high school for a quieter episode. My impressions of the original Star Trek's first season from watching the first six shows on DVD.

Cottontail rabbit, worm wiggling on the side walk, pizza slice on a car's roof: quite a way to start the show. The mystery of last week's missing episode. Why was Ichiro's name in katakana at yesterday's baseball game? Aquasphere's "Eagle goggles" and yesterday's 30K bike ride. Returning to my decision to leave my job.