August 21, 2020 9:30pm I think it’s time you heard the story of how this all came down. Never did I think I’d be now looking for a dresser for my delicates when I had my grandmother’s that worked perfectly. Here goes: Adrenaline, Panic, Shock and Sorrow Sunday 8/16, I woke up about 2:30amContinue reading “Adrenaline, Panic, Shock and Sorrow”
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Remembering more: the night I left the canyon with the advance of the CZU wildfire
10/17/2020 10/17/2020 Here are things I did not include in the account of the wildfire on August 18. Adrenaline and panic overwhelmed me when I saw the blood red sky filtered through the thick canopy of the redwoods. The hatch wouldn’t close on the Land Rover (something was in the way but I couldn’t seeContinue reading “Remembering more: the night I left the canyon with the advance of the CZU wildfire”
Tale of Low’s Lake camping trip
Hitler is alive and well. October 18, 2020 Keith did not want to go, so off I went, by myself, in my sea kayak for a long weekend, with plans to meet Keith’s cousin Mike, and Mike’s then girlfriend Ro at a campsite. There is a registration book to sign to show you’ve entered anContinue reading “Tale of Low’s Lake camping trip”
Coping with sadness quotes
And that is why it is so important to be solitary and attentive when one is sad: because the seemingly uneventful and motionless moment when our future steps into us is so much closer to life than that other loud and accidental point of time when it happens to us as if from outside. TheContinue reading “Coping with sadness quotes”
Dawn’s story
(Dawn talked, I wrote. Put into her Gofundme page) The night of the dry lightning storm was a hot night after a hot day. I went to bed at 11pm (Saturday, August 15) and had no screens on the windows. My bed was 10 inches from the window and there was a light breeze. TheContinue reading “Dawn’s story”