2025 Life Logs, Day 76: Rainy St, Patrick’s Day
Date: Monday, March 17, 2025
Weather: Rain, Rain, and More Rain; High Temp 54, Low 39 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
What does one do on a rainy, rainy St. Patrick’s Day? You don’t plant peas, which is the Cape Cod tradition. I went to see a movie with a friend. We went to see Anora because it won so many Oscars. I had heard terrible reviews from anyone I know who has seen the movie, but I wanted to see it for myself. I must say I have never heard the ‘f’ word so many times in a movie and the explicit sex scenes had nothing to with love. They were scenes of sex workers at work which comes across as raw porn. Definitely not a family movie. But the feisty sex worker who refuses, at least at first, to be bullied by Russian mafia types, made her a hero. When she did cave, she lost all. So, standing up for herself, even in the face of physical violence, gave Anora, aka Ani in the movie, real appeal deserving of Best Actress.
Tonight, I went to hear a presentation on two articles that will be voted on in April’s Town Meeting. Hilda Maingay and Earle Barnhart from The Green Institute here in Falmouth, presented the details behind the two articles they are sponsoring to do local research on using Urine Diversion to help solve our nitrogen pollution problem. Most every home in this country must use some method of getting rid of all the water that flushes through your home. You are either tied into a sewer system or a septic system. The problem with both is that after the wastewater goes through either of these systems, the treated water still has most of the nitrogen from urine in it. Most homes in Falmouth are still using traditional septic tanks. Hilda and Earle are trying to educate and convince the masses that urine diversion is cheaper and actually gets rid of most of the nitrogen, thus more environmentally friendly. After tonight’s presentation, I certainly had a much clearer understanding of Innovative/Alternate (I/A) septic systems and Urine Diversion.
The woman who introduced Hilda and Earle tonight ended the evening with a quote I had never heard before. It comes from tennis great, Arthur Ashe, and applies in so many situations.
“Start WHERE you are.
Use WHAT you have.
Do WHAT you can.”
