In August of 2020, Nicole Sallak Anderson lost her home, all her belongings, as well as beloved pets, bees, trees, and gardens that had been her sanctuary for thirteen years. As the disaster unfolded, starting on the day she found out her home had burned, she began to chronicle her survival and recovery, ending on the one-year anniversary of what would come to be known as the CZU Lightning Fire Complex. What has resulted is a collection of essays that are part eco-disaster handbook and part climate refugee chronicles, but also a love story about a piece of land and a family rebuilding together from scratch.