I worked from home today knowing the water to my apartment building was to be turned off this afternoon. I quickly showered, washed dishes, and did all that I could do before noon, that involved water. I was reminded of a documentary I saw several years ago about Cuba and how in certain parts, people only have running water for one hour a day. They showed a woman with her bin of dirty dishes by the sink, waiting for the water to turn on. And then they showed Fidel Castro admitting that his socialist communist idealist views, didn’t really work.
Then I got an email about Algal Bloom:
“A very large fish kill occurred at Lake Merritt on August 28-29 and reports are around 10,000 fish were killed.”
CREWS TO START CLEANING UP DEAD FISH AT LAKE MERRITT ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE HEAT WAVE
This morning when I was getting coffee, I overheard people talking about it and “all the dead fish.”
After work I went on a walk at a nearby trail and ran into this:
Before I wouldn’t have paid much attention, but now I see it as a beautiful thing. Water is life. Oh and also on my walk on the Cascade Trail at Anthony Chabot Regional Park:
FOUND IT
I was one for two in geocaching.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022:
Theresa Donahoe 