Wildfires are Changing California Forever
The Washington Post
Photo: Caldor Fire, Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
September 21, 2021
Whenever I go out of town, I leave instructions for my dad. If there’s an evacuation, I tell him, take the contents of these drawers, the ones I’ve marked with yellow Post-its. Take an armload of clothes from the closet. Take my flute, my good winter coat, my letters from mom.…