Tuesday, April 16, 2019

The Tubbs Fire destroyed more than 5,600 buildings in Napa and Sonoma Counties, wine country in northern California, including my home (and car) on October 10, 2017. The details... 

I left Santa Rosa on October 9, 2017, around 1:30 AM with a small suitcase to get me through the next couple of days, not realizing the devastation the fire would bring. 

By the next afternoon, I found out there was no home. (double click the message below to read it.)

text message, October 10, 2017, at 2:57 PM

A few weeks after the fire, my son, who helped a lot in the aftermath of the destruction, suggested that I look at the situation as a cosmic pause that the universe gave me: time to stop and think about what I really wanted to do with my life.


House, October 22, 2017
Gold Camry, October 22, 2017

FB post, December 31, 2017

I've filled lots of notebooks since then, done a lot of therapy and post-traumatic growth. I'm still relocating to a permanent "nest." This site is a placeholder, for now, to share what I've learned from this life-changing experience. 🙏