Greetings from Earthquake epicenter in Santa Cruz — actually it was in a village 10 miles from here, Boulder Creek. 5.0, I heard?

Intense little thing, low on richter scale, but gave everyone a good shake. I have a visitor here, FIRST day in America, can you imagine? She is shocked and smoking a cigarette while I explain . . .

She asked me if this happens all the time. Well, yes and no. I told her the last big one happened in 1989, near here too. I was pregnant. No need to tell her the details now, in the middle of the night. I want to get sleepy again, but my stomach in knots. I know Indonesia just had a terrible one, just a couple days ago, right?