The Twisting Flame Turns

[mishalak]

Fires in the sky and on the earth. If we lived in a more superstitious time I might think these were signs of angry gods and spirits. The other night a few lucky souls spotted the aurora borealis north of Denver very late at night. Today there are fires burning both north and south of our city. Should we make sacrifice to them out of honey and milk or is it so serious that we should give our leaders over to the flames as once was done to kings of Ireland?

Or perhaps the signs are of a passing great. Hal Clement, fan, writer, and all around good egg died on the morning of the 29th according to reports. He died peacefully in his sleep having returned from MileHiCon this past weekend. His passing, but not the way that he went, saddens me. Would be that we would all be lucky enough to die in our sleep at a ripe old age after doing something we enjoy.

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[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Fire has to happen sometime, it is the only thing that renews the forest. If not now then later, so I don't see these two Colorado fires as a bad thing. Especially given how they started (both accidents due to the wind and power lines) and how little destruction or loss of human life there was with them. The one down south of town only destroyed a few out buildings on the Cherokee Ranch and served as a wake up call to all the people living in the woods down there. Hopefully they will heed the warning and spend some treasure cutting down trees around their houses.