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a week of fire
hi everybody.
so, in case you haven't heard, boulder, where i live, has been battling a very serious and very large wildfire just outside of city limits since monday. we seem to have a good handle on it now, but it has been a harrowing week.
last night, the winds shifted and brought a very serious threat of fire to the city limits and a portion of the city, a part i happen to reside in, was put on standby for evacuation. an area encompassing thousands of homes, businesses, hospitals, and schools with a population of ~12,000 people. yes, harrowing.
roughly about 9:30pm the winds picked up and the smoke began to make its way into the city
i got a DD!
so, thanks to likeliquid (https://www.deviantart.com/likeliquid) and Kaz-D (https://www.deviantart.com/kaz-d) i was honored with my first ever (!) DD a few weeks ago for this:
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likeliquid (https://www.deviantart.com/likeliquid) suggested the piece and i am so unbelievably honored and humbled by the kindness and consideration.
i've only now caught up and thanked everyone for the favs and comments. it was a wonderfully exhausting task! took a little while longer because dA locks you out from commenting after you have commented on ~50 or so different deviant's pages. the system thinks you are a spammer. how do all of you popular and famous deviants get around this?!
i also picked up a bunch of new watchers. hi, new fri
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and the annual boulder exodus has begun. only this time, there is a larger sense of loss. but like the seeds that germinate only after a forest fire, there is now only room to grow. the muse has left, all of her baggage in tow, and she packed my insecurities deep inside her trunk. her panacean visage, twisted this sagacious fool and retreated back to safety. leaving only the shell of a man and the scar tissue of a life believed to be well-lived.
(there are three things in life that should never get broken; toys, hearts and promises...i still have my toys.)
my best friend is off to travel the world leaving me with memories and the conflict b
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Thanks for all of the support everyone!
-C
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Thank you so much
It makes me feel all warm inside to see my piece next to all those ridiculously more amazing features.
It makes me feel all warm inside to see my piece next to all those ridiculously more amazing features.