Quoted The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Saturday, February 1, 2025

WE HAD A FIRE TODAY.

As a 50 year old with a 13 year old daughter living in Octavia Butler’s neighborhood of Altadena, CA, it was eerie when I re-read The Parable of the Sower last summer. Today following the devastating Eaton Fire, the opening of chapter four just doubles down on the dystopia in which we’re living.