Hiatus

So... The last post was on my birthday. Since then I have had a few big accomplishments. Rode a bicycle UP a mountain. Rode 112 miles on a bicycle in a day. Both while...pregnant (unbeknownst to me). Then the morning sickness kicked in with the shock, and I kind of lost track of my self for, well, the entire first trimester. Just became completely self absorbed. A little overwhelmed. Feeling better now, and have checked back into reality. I also have more energy now, which makes a huge difference.

But, I'm now back on track. It's now full-on fall. The low tonight is 23 degrees - the garden is pretty done (I'm leaving the cold weather root crops in the ground a little longer, though).

I've installed the freewatt-ready boiler. I'm pretty happy with it - although it recently developed an annoying whistling, which didn't used to be there, so I'll be calling Climate Energy about it as soon as I remember during business hours. The oil tank will be removed next week.

Ran across an article today that made me remember my long-lost blog here. The Massachusetts Oyster Project is dropping 100,000 seed oysters into the Charles River this Saturday to help filter out the nutrients that are dumped into the river from sewer outflow pipes. The best part is that this is a citizen-based initiative; neighborhood folks came up with this idea - not some politician. Each oyster will filter up to 30 gallons of water per day. I'm assuming that since these are "seed" oysters, they are small, but will grow and multiply over time. Oysters are native to the Charles River Basin, so no conflict there - they've only died out because of all the damn dams and previous overfishing (I believe). This should vastly increase the food web and biological diversity of the Charles River Basin (and the Boston Harbor) over time, which will overall create a healthier river, a healthier city, and a healthier Massachusetts Bay.

On Saturday at 2 p.m. we're all invited to attend the oyster placing off the Constitution Marina near the mouth of the Chuck. This could be the beginning of something big.

Funny, how now that I've got an invested interest in the future (my child's future), I keep looking for hope. Everywhere. I've found a wee bit of it in this plan, so I thought I'd share.