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On Labor Day in 2010, the Fourmile Canyon Fire outside of Boulder, Colorado burned more than 6,000 acres and destroyed 169 homes.
One of them was mine.Click here to read my story from the beginning.
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Poem for December
Tweet December 22nd, 2010 – Christmas Week Hello Friends, This morning as I was drinking my coffee I heard the poem “Voyage,” on “A Writer’s Almanac” on NPR. I literally stopped in my tracks as I listened, coffee cup held … Continue reading
Posted in Good Moments, Spiritual Experience
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Christmas Cards for Nellie
Tweet Hello Friends, Nellie and I are feeling a bit blue this holiday season (we miss our home, our mountain, our meadow…) so I have an idea that might cheer us up. Would you like to send Nellie a Holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Nellie the Dog
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Trauma Insomnia
Tweet December 1st, 2010 Almost Three Months After the Fire In a recent meeting organized for Four Mile Fire survivors, the speaker asked how many of us were having trouble sleeping or were taking something to help us sleep. Nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Nellie the Dog, PTSD
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