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Today I just can't. We are safe, thankfully, but two days ago we were packed and ready to evacuate just in case.
One of my good friends who I just visited last Friday in Altadena is displaced. I just met her cute, little baby for the first time and was literally sitting in her and her husband's beautiful kitchen sharing stories and now her whole community is burnt to the ground. All of the surrounding houses on her street are gone and she still doesn't know if their house is standing. Even if it is, no one can live there so there's that. She is one of the only people that I have ever heard say that she was truly happy in the town she lived in and would never move. Her husband's childhood home and the street he grew up on are demolished. My heart breaks for them and everyone going through this devastation and loss.
I can't believe this is the beginning of 2025. The 10th day of January. WITAF?
I wish I had art to share today but honestly, I don't. I apologize.
The Anomaly
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Fires destroying whole neighborhoods is so hard to wrap your head around. I'm sorry for your friend. Her whole expectation of her near and long term life is completely upended, whether her house is still standing or not. It's devastating. ❤️🩹
Thank you Francesca. The whole thing is truly hard to wrap one’s head around. I hope you are safe whenever you are. ❤️