Beaver Festival IV: Approved!

Well, that was the easiest no-discussion approval Worth A Dam has ever received! It was a no-brainer, everyone smiled and was excited to get our event brochure from last year and then we were out the door. No persuasion necessary. Mind you, it is generally agreed that the Parks, Recreation,Marina & Cultural Commission is the very kindest and least horrible governing body in all of Martinez, and we have always had the best reception from them generally, but sitting there with their automatic approval displayed before the city’s engineer, I almost felt like the Worth A Dam tradition was a beloved part of familiar Martinez.

Almost.

Yesterday two things happened that were surprising. Regular readers might remember the lovely article about Amanda Parish and Joe Cannon in Spokane magazine. It prompted an attaboy letter to the author, Paul Haeder, from me, combined with a doubtful query about one of the facts in it. Paul wrote me back appreciatively and said something like, you know, I have this radio program maybe sometime you’d agree to be interviewed? I benignly said ‘of course’ (which is what I always say when people ask me to talk about beavers) and thought no more of it.

Yesterday I got an email from Paul saying that his guest had dropped out at the last minute and would I be willing to do a late earthday ‘restoring watersheds with beavers’ interview? We are recording it today, but it will air on Friday at 6:00 if you’re up for coffee and beavers. It will be live streamed at www.kyrs.org. I’m thinking the call letters stand for “Keep Your Rodents Safe” but I could be wrong.

Joe warned me that Paul can be a little bit quirky at times, at which I of course feigned shock and said “Eccentricity amongst beaver supporters? When does THAT ever happen?” In response Joe pointed me to this lovely picture of him from the Earthday review by the Spovangelist Blog, which he apparently spent most of in a beaver suit. Need I say more?