Root or fruit: a meaningful approach to living

A year after the Glass Fire torched Bothe Napa Valley State Park, I returned. Though patches of green had already reappeared; little yellow flowers poked through tangles of branches, I had to actively focus on the regrowth rather than the scarred trees. Now two years since that devastating fire, I came back. While the fire’s impact cannot be ignored — the burn scars on Douglas firs, bark stripped off madrone and oaks, some trees completely incinerated — now the green was more prominent than the scars.