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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 2011
All I Want for Christmas
Tweet Dear Friends, It is Christmas Eve, almost midnight, and my little Charlie Brown tree glows softly in the corner of my tiny cottage. Nellie and I are back at Chautauqua for the winter, our second-to-last move before our final … Continue reading
Posted in Chautauqua
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Meltdown
Tweet December, 2011 A Year and Three Months After the Fire It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop. – Confucious Dear Friends, Last week I had a meltdown in the parking lot … Continue reading
Posted in The New House
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Guest Post – Bringing Back the Houses
Tweet Dear Friends, I recently received a note from another fire survivor in Bend, Oregon. She included a beautiful poem titled, “Bringing Back the Houses,” which you can read below. Thank you Candace, and many thanks to all the fire … Continue reading
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