In each of the last two years we have been able to raise about $1000 for Los Romeritos by lending our physical efforts to the Bureau of Environmental Services' efforts to to disconnect downspouts from the sewer system and direct roof water into the plants and soil where it belongs. We thought we had missed our opportunity this year, but we are now apparently on track to get into the water flow again on Saturday August 25th.
There are a few things you should know. But even more there are some things I hope you will wish for and, perhaps act upon.
This place - It seems familiar. Yes, we have been here a while. But this time, this moment - It is new. That is the nature of time. And it is this moment that most of all defines this place in which we find ourselves, in which we find ourselves together.