This episode is dominated by my experience of living through the worst fires in recent Portuguese history, just a couple of weeks ago. Frankly, I could have done without but it was educational, nonetheless. I posted daily throughout. Ironically, since then, it has been continuous rain, gales, floods and power cuts. Fasten your seat belt for this episode of ‘Epiphanies, Insights & Notes’.
Here is a brief extract.
“The theme of fires is omnipresent. Portugal is burning. I was prompted to go into the garden before I went to bed last night. It was late, around 1am. I often go out last thing to commune with the stars and our cosmic family, but I haven’t done so for the last 4 or 5 days because of the smoke. Last night, however, something nudged me towards the door. I ventured out and was shocked to see the night sky was red in the locations of the two nearby fires, which had been reduced to modest smoke earlier in the evening. I walked to the end of the garden to get a better view of the closest fire. Shocked again, as it had leapt into my valley and was now staring off with me, on the other side of the road. I pondered what to do….”
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