Not sure I like that title.. but.. I’m not sure how to capture what I’m feeling tonight.. The last couple of days I’ve heard several very sad stories from friends and friends of friends.. I’m thinking tonight about those folks.. and the loss they are feeling.. and I feel the echo of it deep inside myself. It’s strange how soemthing that might catch your eye in a newspaper.. a flood, a fire.. and untimely death  becomes so different when you know the person.. or their families..   We all felt that when the floods hit Vermont this past week. Seeing the  pictures on TV and in the papers felt different  than  when we saw the same things happening to our neighbors and  friends..  In the last couple of days I’ve heard stories of pets that have died, friends of friends  kids that have passed away suddenly   I didn’t know the people directly.. but knew folks who did.. but still d each of those stories knocks the wind out of me for a little while..

All this week I’ve  been watching the stories of the Texas wildfires.. I saw this map yesterday and noticed that many of the blazes are near where I grew up.. I hear today that over 1200 homes and other buildings have been lost to the fires in the past week

Tonight when I got home  learned that our good freind Trevor’s family’s house was one of those homes destroyed.. it was no longer a news story..it was ‘us’.    I just can’t believe it..   Trevor used to live up here.. he was actually here at our house when we heard about Sam’s accident.. We’re not sure what to do for him now.. but we have to do soemthing. We love that kid..

We’re think of you trevor !

nite all, nite sam

-me