Author’s story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires
On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was ...
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Punxsutawney Phil to emerge with his annual prediction about the end of winter
Punxsutawney Phil's team of top-hatted associates will issue the woodchuck's weather verdict as the sun rises on Sunday, telling the world whether he is ...
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Winging it for the Super Bowl? Broccoli might be a cheaper party snack this year
The good news? The cost of hosting a Super Bowl party is expected to barely budge this year, with an average increase of ...
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Kindling Clarity: How Fire Shaped Pico Iyer's Journey
Author Pico Iyer reflects on how a 1990 wildfire that ravaged his Californian home transformed his life, emphasizing simplicity, solitude, and love. Speaking at Vroman's Bookstore, Iyer discussed ...
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With home prices and mortgage rates high, many families find the American dream out of reach
The issue is widespread and near historic highs nationally: As of last fall, the median homeowner in the U.S. was paying 42% of their income on homeownership costs, according to the Atlanta Fed. Four ...
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I Lost Everything in a California Fire. It Changed How I Live.
Iyer is the author ... regular visitors now to California and across the West. Insurance policies in these parts are ever harder to acquire. And though many of us in Southern California know ...
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Years ago, writer Pico Iyer lost everything in a wildfire. This is what he learned
Southern California families who have lost everything the in recent wildfires are reckoning with what it means to start over. Writer Pico Iyer's eerily timed memoir, Aflame: Learning from Silence, ...
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Years ago, writer Pico Iyer lost everything in a wildfire. This is what he learned
Southern California families who have lost everything the in recent wildfires are reckoning with what it means to start over. Writer Pico Iyer's eerily timed memoir, Aflame: Learning from Silence ...