I’ve often said,, when asked whether I have good or bad luck, that I have Greek luck. And by that I mean either very very unbelievable great luck that makes everyone gasp with envy or horrible rotten very very bad luck that everyone pities. My Gods are clearly the old Gods, and I’m never surprised when they throw down a thunderbolt or some ambrosia.

Guess which one this is?

Buster Beaver Sighting: Martinez Photo Of The Week

MARTINEZ, CA — Douglas Pierce, who works in Facilities Maintenance for Contra Costa County Public Works, sent this photo of a beaver he saw April 27 in Alhambra Creek near Main Street.

“I saw the beaver in the creek around 6 p.m. that night pulling this branch out to munch on it for a while,” Doug said in an email to Patch.

Hurray for Doug! And this awesome sighting! Martinez has beavers again! Well, one to be sure but ohhh my this is exciting!

I even was helped by the article because I’ve been trying to decide whether we need to do a press release about NOT having the festival this year,.

Your sighting prompted us to do some checking around, only to find out that Buster Beaver won’t be appearing on stage this year for all to see. According to Martinezbeavers.org, the 13th annual Martinez Beaver Festival has been canceled. The event usually takes place the last Saturday in June but the coronavirus public health emergency prevents large gatherings.

That could be why Buster decided to make a public appearance earlier than usual. Or maybe he was just hungry.

Thanks for the UNmention! That’s really helpful. And exactly what I would have said about the sighting hour too. 6 pm in May is early. Either that beaver is fully enjoying the quiet streets of quarantine or he’s peckish.’s ne

Or feeding someone else that got peckish. AHEM.

Yesterday I also got an email from a woman in New York who loved Ben’s book so much she was planning in rewarding herself with a trip to the FESTIVAL and was heartbroken that it was cancelled. Yes you read that right. From New York to Martinez all to see our little old festival.

In lieu of a trip she made a nice donation and we’re sending her a care package.

I was startled to see my name in Napa supervisor Brad Wagenknecht’s newsletter. We met over our beaver story and he’s been to the festival a coup[e times, so I hope he gets the chance to tune in. Click on the image to register for the zoom conference or tune in on FB.