fire the beautiful and talented alisa and myself were shopping at the farmer's market yesterday. white wisps were falling from the sky. she asked, is this ash? it could be. dunno. i suggested some sort of pollen or seed fluff like thing. whatever. we bought our veggies and apple cider. yum! as we were packing up and leaving i noticed what looked like smoke coming out of a trash can. is that a fire i asked? the beautiful and talented alisa immediately looked skyward. to see the fire that was launching all that ash. but then she followed my gaze. a lady was standing over the trashcan with a phone and barking orders to someone to get a fire extinguisher from one of the local restaurants. okay great. she's got it. and i started to leave. but then i had a second thought. she doesn't really got it. sigh. so i went back to the trash can. a paper napkin in a styrofoam take out container was smoldering. wee. i pulled it out. set it on the ground and stomped it until it wasn't smoldering anymore. another nice lady wanted to pour her coffee on it. which amused me. so i moved the remains of the remains of someone's meal to the dirt next to a tree. and the lady doused it. now it's good and out. and back in the trash can it went. the first lady was on the phone saying nevermind. a stranger put it out. i'm wondering if she called 911. heh. firetrucks at the farmer's market. for a "fire" smaller than my shoe. heh.  ¶ 8:00 AM