I was evacuated from Altadena in the middle of the night on January 7th of this year. It's now mid-October and I haven't been home since that night. The house I lived in did not burn down--one of only a handful of homes that didn't. But it was not safe to return due to toxic smoke damage and water contamination. While the house was in a remediation process with the insurance company, I stayed at The Magic Castle Hotel compliments of FEMA then took the opportunity to travel a bit before relocating to California's Central Coast. There's a reason they call this stunning part of California "God's country." I will be traveling to Los Angeles as needed for work opportunities and to visit the city I called home for over 25 years.

This month I wrote an article titled Ride Or Diaries for Gal Pal Media's Museletter on evacuating with important documents and boxes of diaries saved from the past 40 years. READ HERE!