A Year of the (somewhat) Daily Rhubarb

February 8, 2024

Huff Lake, Kiniksu National Forest

Up from Ashes

I don’t sleep the way I used to; at least not in the same way I slept before the building I used to live in caught fire around 3:30 a.m., 65 weeks ago. The couple in the apartment next to mine were already awake when flames erupted on the floor above us. The young woman who quickly dialed 9-1-1 on her cell …