![]() This is the story of his time alone in the Gila, and of the visitors he receives and the visits he pays back to town it’s the story of his and his dog Alice’s interactions with nature. But his “field notes” tell so much more than the story of his career as a lookout. His job is to spot smoke and call it in for control or “management” of the fires. Connors works summers in a teeny, tiny tower room way up in the sky in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico, as a fire lookout. The first sentences immediately grabbed me. You can also read my father’s review, and friend Tassava’s, of same. I first reviewed this book in May of 2011. Naturally we’re beginning with one of my all-time favorites, Phil Connors’ brilliant first book, Fire Season. (Bonus: I had fun going way back to look for reviews to rerun.) I’ll try to keep the editing of my original reviews to a minimum. ![]() If this is old news, obviously, skip it, as you please. We are nearly 12 years old here at pagesofjulia! My hope is that some newer readers may be exposed to reviews they’ve not seen before, and I get another chance to expose you to (or remind you of) some of my favorite books. On occasional blog-post-days, I’m going to rerun old content. Of the irons in my fire, this is not one I really want adding to the stress. ![]() ![]() I’ve been a bit overwhelmed, and I’m in danger of getting behind here at the blog. Without getting too far into it all, the last weeks have been a stressful time for me, for both personal and work-related reasons. Trying something new here, friendly readers. ![]()
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