Big article in the Chronicle today noting that Mill Valley is the #1 fire risk in the S.F. Bay area, due to vegetation, topography and old, narrow streets. Not good. There is a price for pretty.

Fortunately, we are very close to downtown and the main exit routes. And we don’t have kids, or pets, or a lot of stuff to worry about.

The county assessor/recorder, Joan Thayer, quoted in the local paper, the Marin IJ, wins the understatement of the month award: “Local homes sales dropped 77 percent last month. The housing market has slowed down.” Joan, that’s not “slowed down.” That is “run into a brick wall.”