Log:
Started the morning with a cleaning party! It makes me feel at home. Honestly, I like to clean, but don’t let that one get out. At both CCAT and SENS we use nontoxic homemade green cleaners check out my links to learn more.

***TO LEARN MORE VISIT CCAT WEDNESDAY (July 20) from 2-4 pm, for a free workshop on natural cleaners***

In the afternoon I stuffed the AT Transfers, a semi-annual publication put out by CCAT. It was great to fold sheets of paper and listen to Bell sing Irish folk songs.
My day became quickly more exciting when I met Sonia, a student from Ohio University. She wanted to see CCAT because there’s a similar program forming at OU. It was great to talk to someone who was familiar with Ohio, and even greater to talk to someone in a program younger than SENS. It’s so exciting to see all of that potential! I hope that we will make a lasting networking connection with that program. We also talked about the difference in the natural beauty of the west coast and Ohio. I agreed with Sonia that Arcata is a huge, showy intense beauty with the ocean and the redwoods, while Ohio is more of a calm comforting beauty with the huge sky and subtle forests.
Rosie and I visited our new favorite plum tree again. It’s so much easier to pick plums in the daylight. For the rest of my life, I’ll think of Arcata when I eat plums. I’ve never been so in love with plums. This is a perfect place to be in the summer because it’s so easy to feel connected with your food, delicious fruit specifically.

Questions:
-What variety of plum did we pick?
-At every house Rosie and I stop at to ask if we can pick fruit, the owners tell us they actually don’t even eat it. How many people have fruit trees they don’t utilize?
-How many schools have programs similar to CCAT and SENS?

• Learn more about nontoxic cleaning