October 18th 2002 - another made-up day

I was stressed yesterday since learning my brother was in the hospital. After a few conversations with his nurse, I feel better but Mike is not out of the woods yet. Fractured skull, bleeding on the brain, possible brain damage. I have a feeling he will pull through and live to tell that tale. I'll not go into any of his epic injury stories of the past - let's just say what Mike has survived so far in his life would have killed 20 regular men. No exageration. Holy shit, is it foggy and smokey in VanWa today. The Nakia creek fire is about 10 miles away, probably the closest fire we've had in years, although it was smokier in 2020 with the various fires. The chickens will be sneezing today and the schoolchildren will be breathing some very dangerous air. Here's a picture of Chris, Tom, Bar and myself in Sacramento 1989, preparing to go see Metallica and Faith No More: