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Welcome to my little corner of the inter-webs! I just wanted to take this space to warn you that my posts will rarely be up to date. Due to the spontaneity of natural disasters and the unpredictability of when AmeriCorps' services will be requested I will be digitizing my journal entries whenever we return to St. Louis. Oh, and most of the pictures you see here were taken by myself. If ever I do use someone else's material I make a point to give them due credit though! That said, come, leave comments and be merry! I hope you enjoy your stay!

Friday, December 13, 2013

Roaring Rivers - 12/9

The hills are alive with the sound of burning Cedar.  At least they were over in the Blazing Star Glade while we were there.  From starting time to finish I manned the burn piles and made sure the flames didn’t get out of hand.  It was fun work and surprisingly tough.  The fires burned so fiercely that there were times I couldn’t reach the flames without quickly recoiling.  My face was the hardest hit.  Just looking at the contained infernos made it feel like my eyebrows were going to combust at any minute.  Fortunately they, like me, survived the experience.


I feel like we have made a lot of progress at Blazing Star, but the Red Cedars there were bred for one purpose: to destroy the world of men.  That might be a little extreme.  Let me rephrase.  They were bred for one purpose: to take up an unbelievable amount of time on behalf of the Emergency Response Team.  At least it’s fun work; fun, but tiring.  I’m going to turn in early tonight to try and recover my strength.  Good night all!

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