UPDATE:
I am bumping this back to the top.
I was just watching some news coverage of the fires burning in California.
A woman interviewed, said they were given 5 minutes warning before being evacuated.
She said: "I have no more pictures of my son as a baby any more. They’re just memories now."
Several people who live… or lived… in that area have written to say that this entry was actually somewhat useful to them.
Lord, what a horrible and wonderful thought.
Back to the original entry.
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I am looking around at my things.
I have literally thousands of books.
I have various amazing ecclesiastical objet.
Photographs.
Small souveniers.
CDs. DVDs.
Lots of electronic stuff.
Art.
If you had to leave where you are in, say, 12 hours, what would you take? [Make it a few minutes…]
Realistically,
What would you take?
12 hours… [Make it a few minutes…]
You can take only what you can carry.
They are coming for you.
Block by block.
I.D. checks.
Are you Catholic?
Think about weather… transport… distances… … … …. hostility.
What would you take?
You might be very pious in this moment. But…
On your way out the gaping door… do you grab something? A photo? A nicknak?
Your … baseball bat?
Your… volume of Shakespeare’s Sonnets?
You have seen films of carts with lamps, and chairs.
Clarify your thinking.
