Heart pounding, I stared at the email in disbelief. A fire alert from our local power company stared back at…
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Resolve to be Ready 2015
January, the month of “renewal” and “resolutions”, is the perfect time to launch your Resolve to be Ready 2015 campaign….
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving
An old friend, Teresa, reached out to me through this blog the other day. She and I worked together about…
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Alert: are you Ready?
It is day 10 of the firestorms in San Diego County. The sky is overcast, there’s a slight breeze and…
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Wildfire Season: Are You Ready?
Wildfire Season: Are You Ready? I’m not. I should be. You’d think with my past experience that I would have emergency…
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One Year Ago Today – Any Way the Wind Blows
This is an emotional time of year for me. Although it has been 6 years since the loss of…
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14 Human Needs
Recently, I read an article in the Costco Connection magazine about emergency preparedness. In that article, it lists 14…
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The Fire Drill
With 48 separate fires blazing in 10 Western states (12 in California alone), our house decided we needed to…
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Aftermath
Every day the news services, rightfully, remind us of the tragedy in Moore, Oklahoma. In the aftermath of this…
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2012
Five years ago our house burned down in the San Diego County Witch Fire. Five years ago I went…
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The Month in Review – November 2012
The above photo is Fiona, one of the Fairies of Fall. Fiona is Gaelic and means “fair”. Isn’t she…
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Counting Our Blessings
Chapter Nineteen “Counting Our Blessings” is the final chapter in the continuing story about the loss of our home in…
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