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Clearing After a Fire: Personal Thoughts

After spending a day sifting ashes and clearing up after a fire, I and my companions have personal thoughts. A…
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A dozen of us spent five hours sifting through the ashes of a friends’ home following the Valley Fire in Lake…
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We traveled to Cobb Mountain following 2016’s Valley Fire to dig through an ash-filled house. A sobering, dirty job for…
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We drove out to Cobb Mountain on Saturday to work on the site of a house that burned down last…
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How to prepare your life in advance for a fire–5 things to do right now!

Writing The Gold Rush Christmas was an adventure. It began with a simple question: what was this novella about? I’d…
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