Lisa on the Fires

Best practice in linkblogging is not to recommend the same author or publication over and over. Unfortunately, my partner Lisa just published another great essay—this time a sprawling, intense, intimate account of our evacuation from the L.A. fires one year ago. I don’t want to quote any section out of context, so I’ll just share this picture she includes, one that our friend David took of us on Ocean Beach just a few days after our panicked evacuation:

A photo of two adults and a child silhouetted against a sunset. They are standing in the water, which covers their ankles.

I’m too close to the author and the story to be an impartial reader. So go read Lisa’s essay for yourself, see if it’s as powerful as I think it is.

Jasper Nighthawk @jaspernighthawk