Fires

There are fires burning around LA. There’s a big one in Burbank. The pictures of them on television are wild. Fires seem to have their own personality. It just looks that way when I watch them consume things in their path. I’ve never had to deal with any big fires. The air around here has been smoky. In some places there has been falling ash.

Every so often the wind carries the smell of a large bon fire through the air. Not good. There’s a lot of wood being charred. Some houses have been lost. On the news, they showed a hillside in Box Canyon where fire fighters were trying to contain a fire from burning up homes. It must have been intense for the homeowners to see it on television.

Nature can really humble me when these events are going on. When I lived in the mountains it had the same affect. I’m such a little thing in relation to everything else. I think that’s why I find comfort being with people. I don’t feel so overpowered when I’m not alone. There’s safety in numbers.

That’s a cool saying with an interesting double meaning. Maybe that’s why we keep statistics and records. It’s a way of gauging things in our lives. We use time which is measured with numbers. Money is a big measuring stick. We’re mathematical in how we’re structured in society. How much and how often are what we depend on.

In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever tried to imagine my life without numbers because they are just so much a part of what is there when I live. Time and space are delineated with numbers. Dimensions and proportions are how I get my bearings. In fact one of things that matters most to a lot of people is that they count.

Blessings!
Laura

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