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Priscilla Stuckey's avatar

Happy birthday, Water Friend! May the coming year be the best one yet.

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Marple's avatar

Absolutely!

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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you, Priscilla, Island Friend!

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heidi burbidge's avatar

Hi John. My birthday also falls in the month of September. Happy birthday. I came across your Substack through horizontal connections of other Substack presenters whom I know through mutual friends. Your posts on water resonate with me and I hope you will continue to post about efforts to protect water quality and access to water, including through an equity lens. I find myself personally fretting about water issues so much so it is helpful to me to access information about efforts by people who are working to educate, regulate and correct damage resulting from human ignorance (past) and greed (past and present), but which is correctable I hope--I’m working to educate myself about all such matters. I admire those who pursue channels that result in measurable impacts--understanding systems is key and I welcome your dispatches.

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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you, Heidi, and thank you for being here.

I have posts planned on land use and planning through a water and equity lens. It will always be one of my beats.

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Melanie Newfield's avatar

Happy Birthday John

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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you Melanie.

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Claire Tak's avatar

I’d love to learn more about your background. What did you do as an advisor? Did you burn out or was it simply time to move on or both? Thank you for sharing! Your photos are lovely!

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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you, Claire!

I've had a post on that in the works for a while now. I hope to put it out there soon.

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Michelle Spencer (she/her)'s avatar

Belated happy birthday John. I’ve enjoyed all your posts I’ve read.

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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you Michelle!

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D.K. Shepston's avatar

Happy (belated) birthday! I love autumn. It’s far and away my favorite time of year. There’s a tension for me in this change of season. A pull inwards along with a restlessness and desire to see something new, embark on an adventure. I’m looking forward to maybe fewer distractions so I can turn my attention to more creative endeavors. And read more, learn more, engage more with others. I enjoy reading about your community across the water from here (hope to hop on the ferry soon for a day trip out that way!) and your water connections as well!

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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you Desserae!

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Marple's avatar

Thanks John. I just quite like that our years are ‘textured’ so we experience different meteorological phenomena!

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John Lovie's avatar

Yes! I’m experiencing a beautiful clear early morning for the harvest moon. (Cue Neil Young)

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Happy Birthday John, major milestones achieved in life. Wish you health, deep peace, and joy for your year ahead. Thank you for spreading your light with the world! 💜🌼

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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you Swarna. 🙏

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jane c. hu's avatar

happy birthday, john! i particularly loved your dispatches from finland, but i’d read you on anything.

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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you Jane, so good to hear from you!

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Antonia Malchik's avatar

It got below freezing last night. This season brings weather that brings me alive!

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John Lovie's avatar

Well, happy birthday right back at you!

Thanks for being here. Food, land, water, are inseparable.

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Sep 29, 2023
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John Lovie's avatar

Thank you Kimia! They were drinking water and Puget Sound ecosystem and salmon recovery boards and committees. I'm still peeling the last of those Band-Aids off, one hair at a time. The why is a post that I need to write for Amanda Hinton's Spectrum Spotlight!

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