# On Fire

I am a filmmaker and writer - and this is my story of starting over - post-LA fire. It's also about loss, memory, and grief. Transitions upon transitions. The saggy middle of it all.

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## [Part 2: REALLY CATCHING THE CAT](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/part-2-really-catching-the-cat)

_2026-08-15 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

August 15, 2026

## [Part 1: CATCHING THE CAT](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/part-1-catching-the-cat)

_2026-08-14 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

August 14, 2026

## [It's not a race to the finish line.](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/its-not-a-race-to-the-finish-line)

_2026-08-11 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

August 11, 2026

## [A LINE IN THE SAND](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/a-line-in-the-sand)

_2026-07-31 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

July 31, 2026

## [Friday, July 24, 2026](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/friday-july-24-2026)

_2026-07-24 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

The trauma of the 2025 fire has changed me in ways I am still coming to understand.

## [June 29, 2026](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/june-29-2026)

_2026-06-29 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

I have mostly taken this month off.

## [May 18, 2026](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/may-18-2026)

_2026-05-19 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

Last week, I attended the second meeting of the women’s group here in Williamstown.

## [May 6, 2026](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/may-6-2026)

_2026-05-07 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

In 2022, my stepfather, David, died in a hospital bed in the Santa Monica apartment he had shared with my mother.

## [April 30, 2026](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/april-30-2026)

_2026-04-30 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

I saw an old friend for lunch in Pittsfield a few weeks ago.

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## [April 27, 2026](https://tracydroztragos.substack.com/p/april-27-2026)

_2026-04-27 · Tracy Droz Tragos_

It’s now been 475 days since January 7, 2025. The day of the fire.