2024

Walking through Fire

We went outside where a few people were preparing the fire.  Flames were shooting high in the air, snapping and crackling as we sat on the cold ground watching, mesmerized by the bright flames, feeling a sense of warmth and awe.  Slowly the flames grew shorter and within an hour settled down into a huge bed of  coals and embers.  The people raked them into a big circle with metal rakes.  I watched.