I had great intentions last year to post my Daunt to Dillonwood column every week, having it appear on Friday morning after the column comes out on Wednesday. I had the Recorder's approval, and all was well. Except for the human factor.
I got busy with fires last summer on July 4th. I got my first call to go to the Ranch Fire over near Lake Isabella, actually west of Greenhorn Summit, that day, and away I went. From then until October 1st, the day I got released from the King Fire (de-mobbed in fire-talk - means demobilized), I was on one fire or another for 35.5 days. It was a struggle to get the text for the column to the paper sometimes, much less getting it posted to this blog.
Part of the problem is that I can post the text but not pictures from my iPad. I have to go in on my laptop computer to post the images. And, since I never take the laptop to fires, only the iPad and my iPhone, well it means one more stop.
Obviously, if I were really on top of this, I'd post the text whenever I could, and go back and get the pictures put up when I get home. Of course, once Fire Season was over, I had plenty of time. But the human psyche doesn't work that way, does it?
So, now I'm going to give it a try once again. But I beg your indulgence. I'm only human. If I were half as good as the dogs think I am, I'd ... well, you know what I mean.
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