SeilerBird
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I am really bummed out seeing all the photos of Paradise California going up in smoke. I have spent a lot of time there and it really was Paradise. Beautiful little small town that you expected to see Richie and the Fonz walking the street. My mother remarried in 1970 to her boss who was born in Paradise. His mom still lived there and my step dad and I spent a week visiting in the early 70s. Then Grandmom went into a rest home and my mom and step dad moved to Paradise to be closer to her and to help take care of her and the property. Then my sister got a divorce and she moved to Paradise. By 1980 Grandmom had dies so they sold the house and moved to Reno and my sister moved back to the bay area. I visited them many times. Here I am playing Lady Madonna on a 160 year old piano in the Bidwell Mansion located in Chico, the closest large town to Paradise. I am glad that Trump is going to visit the fire victims tomorrow. They probably need some paper towels. : Just last year I was totally bummed about Ventura, the town I lived in for many years, going up in smoke. I am really glad I have moved to Florida. California is on fire and most of the east coast is in the middle of a raging snowstorm.