16/08/2026
All is quiet and we can breathe again. There’s no electricity but we are not worried. They’ll fix it. And we are outside. Breathing the fresh air. We missed you today, fresh air. We were covered in the smoke from the fires in Monthermé, 33km to the West, where the wind came from. It was impossible to be outside. The forest was covered in a strange mist…
In the evening, the wind turned North and blew away the smoke (to somewhere else 🤔). The bushfire is under control. Hard work by 132 firemen. Hopefully, they manage in the Hautes Fagnes as well, a fire about 30x bigger so I can only imagine the smoke…
The owls and the crickets are the only sounds now. Rain, please come, they sing
