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 …
Category Archives: Recovery from Losing Home to Wildfire
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 …
Three Cheers for Pickled Beets
Tonight we had 100 percent success on our canned pickled beets. Every one of the jars sealed. It was a …
Forty Degrees Below Zero At My Desk
This past week has brought us record breaking heat throughout the west and in our part of Montana. Temperatures here …
Jessye’s Table
We are unpacking and putting together things we bought a year and a half ago when we were rebuilding our …
Double Full Rainbow at Twilight
I don’t have a precedent for the second anniversary of the complete obliteration by wildfire of your house and life …
Building One Home 