79. The Fires

I set tonight aside to write a post about the Australian fires, beginning with the welcome fact that those fires are now receding, from our area at least, and it’s possible to take stock and think about things in a calmer and less smoke-choked way. It seemed that we were coming out of the hardest period, as many areas have had decent rain for the first time since winter. Though I knew it was probably optimistic, with at least four weeks of the fire season to go, it seemed we had turned a...