Clouds often carry rain, but the present ones are only vapor, with no rain in the forecast. A reversal of fortune is predicted later this week. We certainly hope and pray for that, to keep things on the green side and to reduce the chance of forest fires.
Just now we are also experiencing some amount of smoke in the atmosphere, presumably arriving from one or other of the forest fires burning in the great Southwest.
Predicted change of wind promises to blow the smoke elsewhere, but there may be more, since forest fires are numerous this year.
As some have said, the atmospheric “new normal” falls short of “good news.” The care of our common home is a concern for us all.
With our greetings and prayers for the needs and intentions of our families and friends,
Abbot Christian and the monks
