Wind, and the World’s Best Stick

Last night, when the fast-moving Pacific storm finally reached California, I said to myself, “Well, where’s the wind? This is supposed to be a super-windy storm.” 

This afternoon, the wind arrived, and what wind! So hard! If one moment stands out, it was watching a harried woman speaking on a cellphone and staring straight ahead, dragging her dog on a leash behind her through a crosswalk. The dog was reluctant to follow because the winds had dropped at his feet the World’s Best Stick, and you just can’t leave that in the street.