“…but I’ve seen enough.” When I was 5 years old, living in Tumwater, WA, I was watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for the first time with my dad. At some point during the movie, we both heard my mom utter, “Oh my god” from behind us as she looked through the double-doors that led to our little backyard. We were all three of us soon staring at a towering inferno—a fire in the distance—lapping at the star-drenched night sky. The old three-story farmhouse that occupied several acres of land abutting our modest subdivision had become engulfed in flames, and it … Continue reading “I’ll Never See Daylight…”: Fires in the Distance‘s Air Not Meant For Us