The reports are of a horrible tick fire in California. What is a tick fire, reported as if we all should know. For those unenlightened by google, tick fire is named for Tick Canyon. Unfounded historical reports attribute its name to a guy named Williamson who said he was bitten by tiny insects while working in the canyon.
When I worked as tutor/ advocate in my last job, I visited a family in rural Greenwich who lived on Mosquito Swamp Road. The mom there never complained of mosquitos or the swamp, but a coyote stalked her 4-year old son in their back yard.
Another destination was a family who lived on Rabbit College Road in Petersburg, though in the Hoosick Falls School District. I could never find out how the road got its name. The road to the family's home was super steep, and I almost died one icy day, when I revved the engine to get to the top of the hill where their mobile home was, and when I reached the top, my car just slid backwards down the hill like a toboggan. The mom there kindly retrieved my car and then actually drove my cowardly self down to a safe level, and she walked back up to her home. I miss my job.
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