Darby Lee Patterson
- Sep 22, 2021
- 5 min
A Movement's Good Intentions Go Up in Smoke
Those of us fortunate enough to have a home to return to after the Caldor Fire awoke to an ordinary, and yet extraordinary, morning this...
Darby Lee Patterson
- Sep 15, 2021
- 5 min
Hello? This is Mother Earth. Is Anyone Listening? .
It's been 23 days since the start of the Caldor Fire. Up here on the mountain where so many of us moved to live in clean air, amid the...
Darby Lee Patterson
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
Disaster Diary - There's No Place Like Home
Throughout 19 days of evacuation, I refused to let my imagination wander to the "what ifs" of a fire that threatened our home. There is,...
Darby Lee Patterson
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Fighting Fire - A Cause and a Calling
From our shelter in Sacramento, we monitor the Caldor fire throughout each day. There is seldom good news – other than learning homes in...
Darby Lee Patterson
- Aug 25, 2021
- 5 min
Goodwill Rises over Smoke and Fire
Image: Capital Public Radio The Caldor Fire that’s forced my family and neighbors to abandon their homes, grew from 45 acres to over...
Darby Lee Patterson
- Aug 19, 2021
- 4 min
Fire on the Mountain, Angst in the Air
I’m writing to you today with a new unwanted title – Fire Refugee. Yesterday morning we awoke to a smokey cloud that you see in the...