It's the summer of the thousand fires. 

It seems the whole world is on fire.  Here in California the forests burn, the firefighters are brought in from places like the Bitterroot Valley, and we breathe the smoke-filled air that obscures the hills.  Sirens wail morning until night.

There were no fires on the Yampa River in June.  The water was high, muddy, and fast.  Nights were cool with high desert air.  Good reasons to spend as much summer as possible on wild rivers.

If you're on land in September, come to the Sonoma County Book Festival and join Jordan E. Rosenfeld and me in a writing workshop and reading from Write Free, our book about living your best creative life. 

See you in September!

--Becca