Reply #4: Thank you for your interesting and calming post. [View All]

[SalviaBlue]

I have found myself thanking the water lately. And being thankful for the water.

The gulf situation is terrifying to me. The magnitude of what we have done to the water and all that depends on it is horrifying. I think about a disaster like that happening in my region and can't imagine how devastating it would be.

Living in the San Joaquin Valley of CA, water is always an issue. This area would be a desert if we didn't harness all of the water coming out of the mountains. But instead we are one of the highest producing agricultural areas in the world. There is a constant battle for every drop... do the farmers get it or do the fish get it. Apparently we can't share.

I went up into my mountains, the Sierra Nevada, yesterday and there is snow everywhere and its so lush in contrast to recent past years when it has been so dry. We have so many beautiful clean lakes and rivers. I feel like this year will be a "good" water year here and I will try to "live now" and enjoy it.

But I know that even though my water
is relatively healthy right now it

"... trembles, holding
the face of all the worlds."