Fire is both beautiful and terrifying.

I spent time this evening watching smoke rise from a neighbor’s fire.

I thought of all the things I would like to burn.

A friend recently asked me to witness
the burning of her wedding dress.
An end of a marriage needs a ceremony
and a witness to untie the knot.

Burning the boxes full of papers from my career was such a relief to me.  No turning back now! Lecture notes reduced to ashes was a catharsis.

We burned our parents old financial records in a can in the garden. We called it ” Playing hobo.” We sat around in a circle and took turns throwing wads into the fire. Then strirred up the ashes with a long stick.

Fire is used in symbolism both to destroy and to purify. Either way it is useful. I am looking forward to cool nights around a fire pit.

What needs cleaning and what needs destroying in your life?

Is it time for you to build a fire?

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