Earlier this year, our Community Center had a showing of an hour-long documentary about The Great Flood of 1916. Up until Helene, it was the flood b…Read more
It is no coincidence that Jeff and I lived in Gerton when Hurricane Helene landed. We were meant to be here. When I first moved to Asheville a…Read more
My mother sent me a notification of my brother Bryce’s memorial, which is being held next week near Washington, DC. A square image, with his name, b…Read more
My personality is not apocalyptic. I don’t “worst-case-scenario” my way through life. Nor am I a glass-half-full kind of person. In fact, I gener…Read more
Love is what is required to get through this. Apocalyptic Love is not passive, neither is it always patient or kind. Sometimes it is a fierce war…Read more
There are five “camps” of people who have revealed themselves during this Apocalypse. I call them Evacuees, Helpers, Preppers, Looters, and Homes…Read more
I’ve been craving normal - a normal routine, a normal schedule, a normal reality. Which isn’t really possible, right now, but sometimes I can fin…Read more
About a week after the hurricane I started to get weird prepper ads showing up in my Facebook feed occasionally. Now they are constant. Every fou…Read more
Last night was the Concert for Carolina, which took place in Charlotte, NC, and was also streamed live. 82,193 people were in attendance. The con…Read more