The problem with incurables is the specificities— Just this diet, Just this needle, Just this measure on gauge. Forget not the unburdened youth of health; it sings at any age, at any moment — heard or unheard, of the beauty of approximations.
Big Boy, the 525-pound black bear who survived the Eaton Fire, has been relocated after taking shelter under an Altadena home. Wildlife officials, knowing he wouldn’t leave on his own, set up a humane trap just outside the property, baiting it with honey, peanut butter, raw chicken, and leftover pastries. After a night of waiting, Big Boy stepped into the steel enclosure, triggering the door behind him. He showed no signs of aggression, only brief confusion as he settled onto the straw-lined floor. Officials monitored him to ensure he was unharmed before transporting him deep into the Angeles National Forest, away from homes and wildfire danger.
REFUGE
We all seek shelter – massive hearts beating beneath wooden floors, between concrete and earth.
Who hasn’t hidden from something larger than themselves, drawn by the scent of sweetness, following ancient instincts?
We are all big boys lost, all creatures seeking passage through this scorched world, dreaming of deep forests.
Between fire and freedom lies a door we must choose, honey-scented courage, and faith in those who understand that even the mightiest need a gentle way back.
Three Months February holds its breath like an ancient truth in the mind’s quiet corner while poppies open their wild orange mouths to sing what’s always been. March moves like memory— everything certain, everything known, hawks drawing circles in the warming air tracing the paths they’ve always followed. April arrives steady as morning fog, constant as the pause between heartbeats. The finches know something about persistence, how each beat keep cadence that’s always held them. Time flows like water over river stones that have six decades been here. The wildflowers don’t question their returning seasons. They simply continue being who they’ve always been.
