Searching for Meaning in the LA Fires
We moved from New York to Hollywood, California.


As I begin this article, I am feeling extremely surreal. After an absence of over a month, I am back in my Austrian apartment, with everything about me as normal as it can be for an expatriate. But just a few short days ago I was in Southern California, where I have lived most of my life, with two of my favourite areas engulfed in flames. A few days before that, I was engaged in celebrating the…