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the last of the four dams20240904_172917

i've wanted to say something…a couple days….about how

last week,   " The  last of the four dams that nearly destroyed the Klamath River salmon populations,  on the California Oregon border was demolished.  Marking a significant victory for tribes and environmentalists who fought decades to restore the river".

the River

is running

FREEEEEEE.

I'd wanted to draw a river.  and kept saying,  i don't know how…and so i didn't   but today looking through that drawing book,  i see this.   I see that in this pic i drew some few feet of       "my creek",   my childhood creek,   my  "mother"…..a creek in Michigan,  part of the Shiawassee River a sister River of all Rivers,   this Klamath River a Grand Sister of All Rivers

water is Life

to celebrate…i will     practice    drawing rivers

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  1. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow.
    African Proverb
    I love the way your piece of the river moves in, pools a bit and then continues on. 🙂

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  2. Carol Gabbert Avatar
    Carol Gabbert

    Deep bow of respect to the tribal peoples of the Klamath River. They made it happen and I actually lived to see the dams come down. Now to tackle the polluted water. I grew up spending summers on the Klamath, swam in it every day. Sadly it is no longer a safe river to swim in . The farms along the river and its watersheds provide gallons of pesticide contamination in run off. I love the Klamath River, I love the people who live along it, this is truly a victory and there is a bit more to go!❤️ Support Clean Water💧

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  3. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i can sit….long. looking at this….remembering the actual creek, how it was…..and still IS in my memory

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Carol…more to go…YES…more to go. But in this moment, THIS…it is BEGUN.
    I would love so much….any memoryStories you might have, might tell
    about your kinship with this River…if you would offer them here for Us
    to have grown up…this River IN and OH my
    skin
    I so so much love this
    any Thing, any time it arises….Share with Us, please

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  5. jude Avatar
    jude

    memory is like a river.

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i think about these words today

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