Hurricane Harvey Day 3, 2:30 am
At the end of the post for Day 2, I thought I would dump water and return to finish the …
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Hurricane Harvey Day 2
We are hunkered down in Northwest Houston with family waiting out the rains from Hurricane Harvey. Periodically I ask myself …
Fried Green Tomatos
Here at the end of March the snow has mostly melted, albeit early this year. The ground, which was frozen …
The Construction Leftovers Are Gone
The last of the construction leftovers left in a white pickup truck today. We traded the space in our garage …
But You Are Not a Listed Fire
The wildfire that burned our home and 65 others was not a Federally declared fire. Our State did not make the …
Watching the End of Summer
When we were building the house I insisted on a window less than two feet off the floor by my …
The Tables of Our Life
In almost 38 years of marriage we have only had usable tables for about two of them. We have five …
Carbon Ash and the Ash of Emotion
Here, two years and two months past our fire, i am again sifting through the ashes. This round of sifting …
Knowledge is Not the Same Thing as Experiene
I have been asked to write a scholarly journal article that combines my experience of being a fire disaster victim …
Linking Our Food and Our Space
We reached batch 21, jar 71 tonight in the canning of the 41st pound of cherries. Canning has overtaken everything …
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