There has been a 12,000 acre brush fire my first day here in L.A. Half the sky is a clear bright robin’s egg blue, the other half an ominously smoldering ochre.
Here is a photo I took today from my friend’s car:
The red sun hangs high in the brooding summer sky, shining through the smoldering ash like a drop of fresh blood:
On such a day, I am glad I do not believe in omens.