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• Fried Green Tomatos
  on Mar 25, 2015
  Here at the end of March the snow has mostly melted, albeit early this year. The ground, which was frozen to 20 inches down is mostly thawed. I look out the window of this new house of ours that that replaces the one that burned in a wildfire in 2012...
• The Circle Will Stay Unbroken
  on Sep 15, 2014 in distance friendships friendship letters passage of time
  The Circle Will Stay UnbrokenOne of the great things about having history with family and friends is that you don’t have to fill in the blanks. You can start mid-sentence and someone will understand what you are saying. Everyone at the table alrea...
• The Construction Leftovers Are Gone
  on Sep 14, 2014 in bathroom fixtures building fire recovery garage leftover building materials trade
  The Construction Leftovers Are GoneThe last of the construction leftovers left in a white pickup truck today. We traded the space in our garage and the promise of help with some tasks that remain to be done on the house for an extra tub and a stack...
• Memories of Fall
  on Sep 13, 2014 in fall fall plants memories sleeping in the cold
  Today, as I was musing on our first fall here in the 1970s, I went outside and rescued my fall chrysanthemums. The temperature dropped into the mid 20s last night and they sat our our porch, sentinels of the season, freezing their roots off. I know a...
• But You Are Not a Listed Fire
  on Sep 11, 2014 in uninsurability uninsurable Wildfire
  But You Are Not a Listed FireThe wildfire that burned our home and 65 others was not a Federally declared fire. Our State did not make the request. The U.S. Stafford Actallows states to request support from the Federal government when “the disast...
• No One Person's Suffering Is Diminished by the Total Number of People Who Suffer
  on Sep 11, 2014 in genocide ground truth mapping september 11 sorrow suffering
  No One Person’s Suffering Is Diminished by the Total Number of People Who SufferI found out today that 60, not 66 homes burned in our fire. The number 66 showed up on the press, probably in the jumbled early days after the fire. No one thought to...
• Watching the End of Summer
  on Sep 10, 2014 in dog watching fall spring storms watching winter
  Watching the End of SummerWhen we were building the house I insisted on a window less than two feet off the floor by my desk. No one understood why I wanted a window that had its sill below the height of my desk. I wanted it for viewing the world as...
• The Tables of Our Life
  on Sep 9, 2014 in relationships tables
  The Tables of Our LifeIn almost 38 years of marriage we have only had usable tables for about two of them. We have five now. Our tables are places where conversations can take place, where individuals can be with individuals as they share meals and...
• Here, two years and two months past our fire, i am again sifting through the ashes. This round...
  on Sep 5, 2014 in fire recovery intentinonal living Wildfire
  Here, two years and two months past our fire, i am again sifting through the ashes. This round of…Here, two years and two months past our fire, i am again sifting through the ashes. This round of sifting does not leave me covered in dirty carbon-ba...
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  on Sep 4, 2014
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