tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392929325271530478.post6011231374504291548..comments2023-10-07T03:05:00.027-07:00Comments on Out of the Darkroom: Fire DamageM. C. Valadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301675413866610210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392929325271530478.post-19134811308609835652009-04-20T08:35:00.000-07:002009-04-20T08:35:00.000-07:00Thanks, Lea. I'm not sure I knew that you had a f...Thanks, Lea. I'm not sure I knew that you had a fire. Sometimes Len neglects to tell me things. Thanks for your good thoughts. We're in the rental house and now we've got to deal with the trash at the old.M. C. Valadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301675413866610210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392929325271530478.post-22279158006267071972009-04-15T08:09:00.000-07:002009-04-15T08:09:00.000-07:00This is all so familiar, the losses and finds that...This is all so familiar, the losses and finds that are like the path of a tornado through the inside of your house. <br />You probably know that my house burned in September 2006. My experience was similar: lost art (mine, mostly), lost signed books, mementos, and the strangest things miraculously untouched. A painting of mine in an otherwise ravaged room had to be re-framed but under the soot was fresh as a daisy. Other art in the same room burned off the walls.<br /><br />And having no clothes. I wore the same nasty stuff from our destroyed-and-soaked-by-firehoses dryer for a day. <br />A thousand sympathies on Sheba. Our dogs were found in their safe places, too. Poor babies.<br />Do you remember Summer? The last time you saw her, she was dangling from my hand for a picture for you. She woke up when she smelled smoke, dragged her brother to me, and I got us all out. <br />I wish you strength and luck and good humor through the rebuilding. <br />You can write me any time for moral support. divalea @ gmail.comDivaLeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09777712092222499616noreply@blogger.com