There’s nothing like a natural disaster to get a person thinking about resilience. In 2020, lightning struck and started a fire in some dry brush in a canyon near Davenport, and the fire spread and took out nearly a thousand houses. While the fire was spreading, PG&E, which owns and operates the power distribution networkContinue reading “How Do You Talk to the World?”
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Sketch of a Street Scene
Walking along the street this morning, I saw this: a bearded old man, bundled up in woolen hat and puffy jacket, covered in blankets, surrounded by shapeless lumps of textile – possibly tarps, or sacks – sitting in a wheelchair and parked at the edge of a convenience store parking lot. He had, somewhere, aContinue reading “Sketch of a Street Scene”
So, It’s A List
Get a new storage unit Dispose of old CPAP backup batteries and cleaners Obtain filters for new CPAPs Schedule flooring replacement for new dwelling Put like 80% of what’s in the current rental into storage Continue living like a refugee Scream into the void
Rebuilding – Signaling
I spent the day in Santa Cruz, yesterday. I had several errands to run, most of which were uninteresting, but one which turned out to be fascinating. Since I had to be in the area for a medical appointment, I thought that I’d drop by the arena, where a bunch of county departments and someContinue reading “Rebuilding – Signaling”
Wildfire:1 – Us: 15
We moved to the Santa Cruz mountains in 2004. Lise came up with a great way to explain living in the woods to people who aren’t familiar with the American West: “Is this the year my house burns down?” For fifteen years, it wasn’t, although it got iffy a couple times. 2020 is the yearContinue reading “Wildfire:1 – Us: 15”