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Welcome to Mostly Water

Jul 11, 2023 • John Lovie

From droughts to floods

Jul 8 • John Lovie

How to have nice things

Earlier this month we held the fifteenth Whidbey Adventure Swim, the season’s first of a number of open water swims around the Puget Sound.

Jun 30 • John Lovie

Blues from Yakima Canyon

The drought tour continues A couple of weeks ago, we took the van out to the Yakima Canyon in Central Washington for a few days. Here’s what we found.

Jun 23 • John Lovie

What to write about when there's a water story drought

May 26 • John Lovie

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Drinking water

Blues from Yakima Canyon

The drought tour continues A couple of weeks ago, we took the van out to the Yakima Canyon in Central Washington for a few days. Here’s what we found.

Jun 23 • John Lovie

More drought, less drama

Part two of our road trip across the country where we drive up the coast from California back home to Washington.

Apr 29 • John Lovie

Water and leadership

Leadership works best for me when no one knows I'm doing it

Jan 20 • John Lovie

Introducing the Water Stack

A list of Substack publications about water and life on, in, and around it

Jan 6 • John Lovie

Climate change

From droughts to floods

Jul 8 • John Lovie

Blues from Yakima Canyon

The drought tour continues A couple of weeks ago, we took the van out to the Yakima Canyon in Central Washington for a few days. Here’s what we found.

Jun 23 • John Lovie

More drought, less drama

Part two of our road trip across the country where we drive up the coast from California back home to Washington.

Apr 29 • John Lovie

Retreat, managed and otherwise

Feb 16 • John Lovie

Land

Digging for my roots

And finding some others

Feb 9 • John Lovie

Why would someone leave their home, their friends, their family, everything they've ever known, and walk away?

Sep 15, 2025 • John Lovie

Emigrants and Immigrants

on the Oregon Trail

Sep 11, 2025 • John Lovie

Mostly Water 2024 review

and 2025 preview

Jan 27, 2025 • John Lovie

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Community

How to have nice things

Earlier this month we held the fifteenth Whidbey Adventure Swim, the season’s first of a number of open water swims around the Puget Sound.

Jun 30 • John Lovie

Groundbreaking news!

Yes, we can still have nice things. And cake!

Sep 2, 2025 • John Lovie

A hiking group and a lifeline

Jul 26, 2025

An Imperfect Storm Part Three

Shoreline communities armor up

Jun 16, 2025 • John Lovie

Travel

From droughts to floods

Jul 8 • John Lovie

Blues from Yakima Canyon

The drought tour continues A couple of weeks ago, we took the van out to the Yakima Canyon in Central Washington for a few days. Here’s what we found.

Jun 23 • John Lovie

More drought, less drama

Part two of our road trip across the country where we drive up the coast from California back home to Washington.

Apr 29 • John Lovie

Drought and Drama

Mar 31 • John Lovie

Memoir

What to write about when there's a water story drought

May 26 • John Lovie

More drought, less drama

Part two of our road trip across the country where we drive up the coast from California back home to Washington.

Apr 29 • John Lovie

Watching and Waiting

And Taking Up Space

Mar 3 • John Lovie

Honeymoon Notebook, 1999

Travel in the before times

Jan 30 • John Lovie

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