Baba's Tree Ashes - A Keepsake and a Connection
Cassandra Bramucci
When the 2017 Thomas Fire occurred, I couldn’t stay away. I was very, very bereft. I was just heartbroken. It just felt like a piece of me had been pulled out of my heart. I was desperate to get to Baba’s Tree. It was like having a loved one caught in a fire.
By the time Sulphur Mountain Road opened, Baba’s Tree was still smoldering. I noticed that the heart of Baba’s Tree – the huge trunk that was already hollowed out a good bit from the previous fire – that this fire hollowed it out even more.
And these ashes were sitting right there in the heart. And when I saw them, I thought, “Wow, we need to save these ashes. Maybe we can gather the ashes and send them out to people.”
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