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title: 'Out of the Ashes'
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date: '2003-10-27T18:55:26-05:00'
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permalink: /out-of-the-ashes/
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- life
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Here’s the part where I start feeling guilty — because we’ve been spared, largely, here in Claremont. And so I start thinking things like “whew, that was close” and “thank goodness that’s over” when in fact it’s gotten so much worse in other parts of the state.
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The evacuations in Claremont and surrounding towns have ended and even the air here has largely cleared today. Largely, meaning no visible ash in the air; largely, meaning I could walk outside without my mucous membranes going into immediate revolt. Largely, meaning there was actually some blue visible in the sky today.
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Thanks for the good wishes; I’m now officially passing those wishes on to folks in San Diego, in Simi Valley, and in Big Bear, where they need them more.
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I’m headed to Boston tomorrow, and will return on Thursday. My [conference](/what_is_media_studies/) starts on Friday, assuming I can convince the speakers that they’re not flying into Armageddon. I’ll hope to be posting more good news, of more varieties, very soon.
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\[UPDATE, 10.27.03, 9.59 pm: Thanks to all of you one more time for your good wishes, and your [concern](http://weez.oyzon.com/archives/000314.html) today when my hosting provider tanked. An inauspicious, if dramatic, moment to go incommunicado. You’re the best. Every last one of you.\]
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