Articles written by Karen Gilden

Karen Gilden|Updated Sep 18, 2012

The sun coming in our dining room window casts a bright orange light on the floor, and when I look up the sun is round and sharp through the smoke that hangs heavy over Sisters. It's eerie, and I think about the men and women fighting the Pole Creek Fire and wonder how much sunlight they see through the billowing smoke that surrounds them. Walking and cycling have been out of the question for days because the smoke makes our eyes burn and our throats ache. The firefighters we see around town, or heading up the pass in green... Full story