Building Again
When we built the replacement house for our home that burned that is documented in this blog, we expected to …
Tag Archives: Wildfire
Going Between Flood and Fire
We have been cranky and out of sorts. Everything feels vaguely threatening. A simple question is spoken, or perceived as …
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 …
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 …
The Closing of an Era
And for the first time in one year and three hundred and sixty four days, I closed our own curtains …
Recognizing a Life
The moving van brought our stuff from the warehouse yesterday. Yesterday evening I was so tired I fell asleep on …
The Wind Book-ends Our Lives
I meant to take a photo so that we could memorialize pulling up the paper on the floors at the …
“First Time Since the Fire” Experiences
We bought huge steaks yesterday since they were on sale and decided to have a barbeque celebration-send off dinner for …
We Are Shopped Out
We are shopped out. For the first few weeks after the 2012 Charlotte Mink Creek Fire raged through our neighbor …
On the Meaning of Marking Boxes Home
The sorting is coming to an end. Today we were told to bring all of the remaining plumbing parts. Loose …
Building One Home 