Postcards from The Heartland

Postcards from The Heartland

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Postcards from The Heartland
Postcards from The Heartland
You can’t start a fire on wet wood

You can’t start a fire on wet wood

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Marshmallows roasting on the bonfire. You read that right. Photo by Sarah Ross.

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A solstice bonfire has burned for more than a year at Draco Hill, in my mind at least. It was going to be SO big that I’d need my firefighter neighbor’s advice, notify the sheriff just in case and mow around it to protect the surrounding prairie.

People’s faces would glow in the light of 20-foot flames as they stared up in awe at the flames against the black sky. They would be humbled and thankful that the days would now get shorter. A large crowd would pass around beer and marshmallows. Maybe someone would start up a song. We’d make memories.

It would be something out of Hallmark, if Hallmark did …

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