#controlled fire

We're the fire, from the sun We're the light when the day is done We are the brave, the chosen ones We're the diamonds, diamonds Rising about the dust.

--Johnnyswim, "Diamonds"

At the beginning of the spring, the rangers do a controlled burn near Sunset Rock. The trail to Sunset Rock has always been one of my favorites. It’s a gentle mile-long hike along the rim above the Kaweah River through oaks and pines. There is a little meadow that feels wetter than others to me for some reason. The grasses are always taller than my six feet.

We get into the mountains in the early…

172/365 - United States Acreage Burned

Source: National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)

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Review of “Controlled Burn” by Shannon Stacey

OMG.  I LOVED this book.  LOVED it.  There aren’t enough capital letters in the world to discuss just how much I loved this book.  It was my very first Shannon Stacey book (I KNOW) and it did not disappoint, which is saying a lot since I’ve had it on my TBR pile since Netgalley granted my request to read it back in September.  Yes, I have waited two months to read this.  Two months.  You do not…