The Ashes of August

"The Ashes of August" by Kim Barnes, the whole summary of the essay is about the tense of the month of August, how storms, fire, rain, and sesan change can affect their living. It's really unpredictable. The author address the event to her personal experience and how she overcome it. They survive the fire by the help of the graces of the Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association, who had sent the helicopter. The envirnoment in the town turn into ashes after the fire was settled down.

I don't know what I would have done if I was in her position, maybe I wouldn't even let my husband go out there, including the helps of my children. Life is unknown, you'll never know what will happen next.

My father Always Said

"My father Always Said" by Mimi Schwartz was a wonderful adventure of her father's life. His meaning of how and why he treasure life so much with the repeated line, "In Rindheim, you didn't do such things." How the father wants both of his daughters to see the importance in Rindheim, for them to understand and beware. It was a great memoir how her father describe his past memory with each location. It was interesting to learn many things about your past ancestors.