Transformed
Building One Home: Transformed October 2, 2012 We don’t like friends and family going without us to the site where …
Category Archives: Grief and Loss
A Needle is not a Needle; a Tool is not a Tool and a Simple Task is not a Simple Task.
Building One Home A Needle is not a Needle The last few days have ranged from frustration, to worry about …
Fire Season
Building One Home Fire Season September 1, 2012 It rained tonight. Great buckets of rain. I went outside and stood …
Psychological Distance
It is two months and 2 hours since our house died in the wildfire that raged thorough our Valley taking …
Our Little Piece of Land
Today we got the base map of our land. Each contour is marked on the map along with all the …
That Which Was Lost Is Found
Today I found in my closet my favorite shirt. I thought it had burned. That which was lost is found. …
A Place to Leave
Today I spent time painting someone’s furniture. It felt good to take something out of a room where it had …
We Are All Turtles
The fire families are like turtles. We carry our homes on our backs. Each of us who lost our home …
Whirring and Worrying
The garage door opener on one of the bays at this fire-necessitated temporary house of ours does not work. It …
I did a good job at my job today.
I tried to get back to work this week. I did not have to go far, just over to my …
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