#olympian things

A little film about Procession of the Species (my favorite very solarpunk, very local festival). 

So in my town, there is a lake. It reflects the state capitol, it’s rather picturesque, and in the summer a lot of fish die and it stinks to high hell. I wrote about it in my Olympia Gothic post. 

Most folks in the area know that Capitol Lake isn't natural. The way all the fish die in summer is a big clue that it isn't what it's supposed to be. But I feel like fewer people know that it's only there at all because during the Great Depression there was a shanty town (Little Hollywood) on the mudflats, and it was considered an eyesore and a crime magnet and just generally a place where poor people lived. So they burned it down and put a lake there, and we've been saddled with dead fish and invasive species ever since. 

You can read more about Little Hollywood here http://olyblog.net/little-hollywood-era-olympia-recalled-de… It's a really fascinating bit of Pacific Northwest history.