Fire relief, helping others, and world peace (cookies)
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It rained last night in the Bay Area. If you don't live here, and haven't spent the past two weeks breathing in smoke from the devastating fires in Napa and Sonoma counties, you have no idea what a relief that was. I was so happy for clear air and to open my windows again, but I was overjoyed for the residents and first responders of those counties. I have so many friends who live up there who evacuated or almost did, and all of them have friends who have lost so much. In the past few weeks I've gotten emails from every winery that I'm on the email list for (turns out I'm on the email list for lots of wineries) and each email makes me tear up, because they're all so emotional about the horrors that they've been through. Most of them have also sent out lists of ways to help, and here are some of the charities that I've seen mentioned a lot by people I trust. So many people who have very little lost everything in these terrible fires (contrary to what a lot of people think, most of the residents of Napa and Sonoma Counties are not the super rich; to the contrary, a lot of the people who lost everything are farm workers who have very little). Please help if you can. And please continue to come visit wine country -- tourism is the biggest industry up there, and they are going to need your tourist dollars in the coming weeks and months and years so badly.
Fire relief, helping others, and world peace (cookies)
Fire relief, helping others, and world peace…
Fire relief, helping others, and world peace (cookies)
It rained last night in the Bay Area. If you don't live here, and haven't spent the past two weeks breathing in smoke from the devastating fires in Napa and Sonoma counties, you have no idea what a relief that was. I was so happy for clear air and to open my windows again, but I was overjoyed for the residents and first responders of those counties. I have so many friends who live up there who evacuated or almost did, and all of them have friends who have lost so much. In the past few weeks I've gotten emails from every winery that I'm on the email list for (turns out I'm on the email list for lots of wineries) and each email makes me tear up, because they're all so emotional about the horrors that they've been through. Most of them have also sent out lists of ways to help, and here are some of the charities that I've seen mentioned a lot by people I trust. So many people who have very little lost everything in these terrible fires (contrary to what a lot of people think, most of the residents of Napa and Sonoma Counties are not the super rich; to the contrary, a lot of the people who lost everything are farm workers who have very little). Please help if you can. And please continue to come visit wine country -- tourism is the biggest industry up there, and they are going to need your tourist dollars in the coming weeks and months and years so badly.