Microdosing the apocalypse.

These are photos I took of Eaton Canyon in September, 2023. Social media is flooded with photos of this area on fire, but I wanted to show everyone how fucking beautiful this place was when it was alive.

We were monitoring the fires on our phones all day. Fires, plural. One a few miles east of us and one a few miles west. We had our go bags packed and were ready to flee if necessary. I didn’t think we’d have to. I kept saying, “I think we’ll be fine where we are.” I don’t know what I was basing this on. I have a degree in English and no firefighting exp…