also in the cabin,

we melted a wash basin full of snow to use for dishwater. the stove-top was propane, so we were not really camping-cooking, but we also didn't have running water. we brought drinking water with us, and they gave us a bit of water to start, but our pump never really worked and, thus, we devised another way to do things.

toxic waters.

the nytimes is doing a series called "toxic waters."
the topics of note:

• agricultural run-off is the biggest source of water pollution. yes, e. coli. and more.
  
• more pollution since the clean water act. few companies in trouble.
• herbicides and atrazine and the question of chemicals in growing crops.
  
• people in AMERICA that cannot drink the drinking water because it is so dangerous.
• an interactive feature to find out who is polluting your water.

also. bottled water companies are capitalizing on this moment to sell you more water in plastic.

we hate the word "moist." i certainly do and michelle does, too. so there.

good did an entire issue on water. maybe i mentioned this before? it is pretty impressive.

and, yes that IS a glacier in iceland in that photo. thanks for asking.

water, water everywhere?

1. much of the bottled water is just TAP water.
2. there is a plastic "island" of sorts the size of texas in the pacific ocean.
3. we probably should not drink so much bottled water.

and now, there's a film about it.

oh, eau.

i think this boxed water idea is really cool.

and, on the subject of water, here's another scary graphic.