{"id":1126,"date":"2009-03-06T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2009-03-06T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T22:47:00","slug":"blogging-in-fire-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1126","title":{"rendered":"Blogging in Fire Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

My days this week were split between book-editing, another writing project, and fire-fighting <\/a>— or worrying about fires<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In late January I joined the little rural volunteer fire department, which seems in a way to embody what the Founders meant by “militia” back in the 18th century<\/a>.<\/p>\n

M. and I also signed up as volunteers for the Colorado Division of Wildlife<\/a> — we have had one training day and no projects yet, but that will change.<\/p>\n

Tonight, Saturday, and Sunday I will be involved with more wild-land fire training. That is our main concern — stopping wild fires that threaten structures — rather than structure fires as such.<\/p>\n

I have a stack of books to review. It is a lot easier to think about writing on a day like today: cloudy, a wisp of drizzle in the air, not much wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My days this week were split between book-editing, another writing project, and fire-fighting — or worrying about fires. In late January I joined the little rural volunteer fire department, which seems in a way to embody what the Founders meant by “militia” back in the 18th century. 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