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Tahoe In Flames - Update This week is the anniversary of the 2007 Angora Wildfire in Tahoe and I will be posting the series of first-hand articles I published during the Angora fire. 29 June 2007 - Angora Wildfire - South Lake Tahoe CA. Today in Tahoe began with a beautiful and colourful sunrise. Thanks in part to all the particulates in the air that caught the early morning rays of sunshine. Probably the only side effect of the Angora wildfire that can be enjoyed. But it appears to have been a

Tahoe in Flames - Update This week is the anniversary of the 2007 Angora Wildfire in Tahoe and I will be posting the series of first-hand articles I published during the Angora fire. 27 June 2007 - Angora Wildfire - Lake Tahoe CA. While the Angora Wildfire still burns, today, the ashes left in the fire's wake received their viewing by the politicos and dignitaries. This was the obligatory public relations tour and photo-op, followed by the press conference. These events are good and bad. Unf

    Update - Tahoe In Flames This week is the anniversary of the 2007 Angora Wildfire in Tahoe and I will be posting the series of first-hand articles I published during the Angora fire.   26 June 2007 - Angora Lake Fire - Lake Tahoe CA .   Bad news this afternoon. The Angora Lake wildfire jumped the for ward containment line the fire crews had worked hard the past day to lay down. Mid afternoon winds picked up momentum and carried large flaming embers over Gardner Mountain and across Emeral

Tahoe In Flames - Update This week is the anniversary of the 2007 Angora Wildfire in Tahoe and I will be posting the series of first-hand articles I published during the Angora fire. 26 June 2007 - Angora Fire - South Lake Tahoe, CA. First to all my friends and connections, I am safe and doing fine, though the loft is a bit stuffy after being all closed up for most of three days. Outside, the air has been relatively still the past day and a half, the strong winds during the weekend and the early

Attacked in My Pantry by a Renegade Terrorist Fridge Pack! What is this world coming to?!?!? We are not even safe in our own pantry or kitchens! I just survived a sneak attack by what I am just sure was a terrorist 12-pack of store-brand soda pop! You 've seen 'em ... lurking innocently and unexpectantly among the lower shelves near the far end of aisle 15 ... separated from those big budget advertising giants of the Cola Wars ... these are not the generics ... they are the middle-class

Dreams: Deep & Dark I have literally been 'round the world ... yet there are oh sooo many, many more places to go, peoples to meet, and wonderous sites and sights still left to be seen! Where oh where should I go next??? ... lately my dreams have been visions of the red robed Maasai herding their cattle and goats across the sweeping savanah of the Serengeti as the untamed herds of antelope, elephants, giraffs,  wander from one waterhole to the next, while leopards, lions, hyennas wait f