FOREWORD

摘要

FOR SOME REASON JAMES TAYLOR’S SONG strikes achord these days – except that right now we are missingthe rain. We do have a surfeit of fire - at least in thewestern USA, where the two of us live – western Oregonfor MEC and northern California for LB. The sky above theformer’s home is now bathed in an eerie orange-yellowglow and ash falls from the fires to the east. So the sunnydays have ended in western Oregon, but no rain is on tapfor two weeks.