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.
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!
Happy belated birthday! We almost share a birth date, though the year is quite different!
I'm somewhat a newbie to Mostly Water, but I can say I've enjoyed what I've read so far (mostly the Finland trip), and I am really taken by your journey into land ownership and the way you've approached it.
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!
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! 💜🌼
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!
Happy birthday, Water Friend! May the coming year be the best one yet.
Absolutely!
Thank you, Priscilla, Island Friend!
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.
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.
Happy Birthday John
Thank you Melanie.
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!
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.
Belated happy birthday John. I’ve enjoyed all your posts I’ve read.
Thank you Michelle!
Happy belated birthday! We almost share a birth date, though the year is quite different!
I'm somewhat a newbie to Mostly Water, but I can say I've enjoyed what I've read so far (mostly the Finland trip), and I am really taken by your journey into land ownership and the way you've approached it.
Well, happy birthday right back at you!
Thanks for being here. Food, land, water, are inseparable.
Yes! I've been thinking about that quite a lot lately, about how to bring the different strands together. And thank you!!
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!
Thank you Desserae!
Thanks John. I just quite like that our years are ‘textured’ so we experience different meteorological phenomena!
Yes! I’m experiencing a beautiful clear early morning for the harvest moon. (Cue Neil Young)
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! 💜🌼
Thank you Swarna. 🙏
happy birthday, john! i particularly loved your dispatches from finland, but i’d read you on anything.
Thank you Jane, so good to hear from you!
It got below freezing last night. This season brings weather that brings me alive!
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!