Day 110

I weeded that new garden and planted two zucchinis in front of the peas. Lots more thinning to do and transplanting chard and beets. Karen is coming to get her catnip plant to share with cats in her neighborhood. The wind is already blowing and I’ll get out as soon as I get the orchids watered. Then church and whatever happens next. I’ve been restless again for connections and new projects or events. Must be something waiting for me to notice.
POH

In the early 70’s I spent two wonderful lively exciting weeks at an ecology camp at Montana de Oro state park near Los Osos, CA. Every day there were new areas to explore and we learned riparian, estuary, beach, rookeries, flora, and all there was to see and do. One day we drove to Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant that was not on line yet. In the visitors center we were met by a couple of “suits’ who gave us a canned line of propaganda about how safe the facility was. There was a huge aquarium full of fish and plants in what was reported to be outfall water. There was no request for questions from the representative. He was large and in charge. Then we scruffy environmentalists were loaded on a bus with an armed guide and shown around the grounds to see what they wanted us to see all the while being told of the safeguards that would keep the public safe. No mention was made of the marine life kill at the outflow site even though the plant was not turned on. When asked about it, the guide said it was a rumor and there was no loss of marine life there. Later our instructor called the fish and game warden for the area and he said yes, there were signs of dead and dying fish and other natives. When asked what was being done about it, the warden declined to answer and hung up. It was my first first-hand look at corporate power and the intimidation process to keep questions and interest at bay. The whole tour was orchestrated to make us feel small and insignificant. All of us were quiet on the way back to camp trying to make sense of what we had experienced from the visit to the PG&E site.