Dear Reader,
I hope you will forgive me for keeping this week’s post short and sweet.
There has been a lot of writing on Substack lately dealing with the topic of failure.
My turn.
I fucked up yesterday. Although I did all I could do, and all I was expected to do to prevent it, it burned anyway.
Take a look.
Yeah, we had what I’m calling an unplanned “control burn” here on the mountain yesterday that burned about 25 acres of under growth and brush. No big, healthy trees were burned and no equipment or buildings lost. No injuries or deaths either.
We had ALL the local volunteers AND, then TN Dept. of Forestry here with 3 dozers and the fires are still smoldering this morning.
So please Dear Reader, bear with me this week, and enjoy this tune about an element that yearns to be FREE and spread its warmth far and wide.
It’s called Fireline.
I will be out in the woods today taking stock of the damage done and beginning the clean up process. I’ll get some better pics while I’m out, and ma if I have time later I will write a quick story about how it started, how we fought it, and what role Luci played in this mess.
I know he was here, the mountain was ordained with burning Devil horns all night…..
Love y’all,
Talk soon
-Will
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P.S. Here are a few mourning after pics….The mountain is very happy, it was the perfect cleansing fire. The new growth that will sprout from the ash of the charred leaves will feed turkeys, deer, and grouse all spring long.
And we were blessed with the years first FLAME AZALEA 🌺 blooms. Kinda fitting don’t ya think?
And sorry
I really wanted to wait till you posted today but I had to get out and do my investigation……If you’ve made it this far in this thing, please go check out his contribution to Freedom Music Friday. I’m sure it’ll bed far more thoughtful and informative ❤️👻
I’m tired.
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Heya Will; I am traveling. I set up some posts ahead of time, but I won’t have time to do much retroactive editing. Rock on!
awe man that's intense, glad everyone's ok