One of the Associated Press stories yesterday was covering some background on the most recent Malibu fire and this paragraph caught my eye:

Saturday’s fire was west of the areas of Malibu that burned in October. Despite the constant threat of wildfires and other natural hazards, residents seem to love living here. A sense of community, quietness compared to Los Angeles and proximity to nature are all cited by locals.

There’s that phrase again….proximity to nature.  Last month LightRock wrote about this when he mentioned Stephen Pyne’s research on this phenomena.  There is this current trend where people think that they will be happier if they are amongst the mighty forests where the lovable Disney animals frolic.  On second thought, maybe I shouldn’t get into this now.

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Lineup will be short and quick today.  We have a lot to get done.  We’ll be starting our series on Donna’s Magic Fire Truck today.  You might remember him….we reported on “Donna” last Wednesday (HERE) when he was arrested once again for perpetrating crimes in Arizona while pretending to be the fire chief of a make-believe fire department.

This series will run for several days and it looks to be surprising and in some cases unbelievable.  So stay tuned, folks.

Now let’s get the equipment checked out.  I’ll take care of the coffee.

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