Day: July 30, 2021

Disaster in My Wake

Two weeks ago my pal Syd sent a message with the subject line “Fire near Grover”: Seems that wherever you go… a fire breaks out after you leave??? True. First there was the one near Homestead Cottages outside Ahwahnee. Now, her email informed me, the Tamarack Fire was approaching Markleeville and Grover Hot Springs. Caused by lightning strikes, it started out in early July as a wee, quarter-acre concern that crews monitored rather than extinguished. […]

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