eating hot dogs in a thunderstorm

wildfire hazed sky

strange times in abq. yesterday afternoon, a wildfire erupted in corrales, about 15 miles away. it's still going on, 100 acres strong (is there another verb for wildfires besides "raging"?), cloaking the sky in a thick, brownish haze that turned reddish as the sun went down tonight. and then to make things even weirder, the sky suddenly cracked upon and dumped football stadiums full of rain on our bone-dry city (ok, not the right metaphor, but i couldn't think of a bigger water holder than a bathtub). once it started pouring, there was nothing more for me to do than roast some hot dogs in the toaster, sit back, and watch the lightning show.