There's smoke in the air of Phoenix tonight.  There are a few fires burning in Maricopa County that have been going for several days.  I know we're not alone.  California has many going.  As I type,  one is  burning near where I used to live.  Both states are enduring drought conditions and the thunder/lightning storms are doing nothing to help.  We get storms that blow through but they are mostly wind and lightning.  The smoke will lay down at night due to the humidity and the fire seems to be resting.  For that, I am greatful.  I ask anyone who reads this to do me a favor:  please meditate or chant over a bowl of water.  Do a spell if that's your inclination.  It doesn't matter if it's natural or artificially contained.  Ask the element of Water to come to the aid of humans so that Fire will not go unchecked.  Fire is a part of the natural cycle and there are some tree fungi that can only be healed by fire but many homes and lives (of those fighting the fires) are at risk.  My hope is to balance the two so one (Fire) is not able to cancel out the other (Water). 

I know this sounds somber and a little mello-dramatic, but just a few years ago, two fires in the White Mountains merged and burned over a half million acres.  The forest will take many years to recover.