Hub and Spoke. Audio Collective. I'm going to be here.

Heh, heh, heh, heh. You're listening to nocturne. I'm Vanessa Lowe. As the world changes around us, how do we balance grief and gratitude? How do we

stay connected enough to what we love to be able to mobilize the energy and

spirit to fight for it?

Some people in Point Ray Station in Northern California are acutely aware of what they

have, what they could lose, and why it matters.

So they've banded together harnessing the power of community to do what they can. We're at the edge of the

edge of the Jachamini Wetlands in Point Ray Station.

Point Rays has a population of 895 people

and sits on the edge of the dramatic and pristine Point Rais National Seashore.

There used to be a working dairy farm on the site, but the land was purchased around

15 years ago by the National Park Service, restored and turned into federally protected

public lands.

It's an uncharacteristically warm and clear night in October, and we're gathering for one of

Don Jolly's monthly stargazing events.

This is the story of a small town, or really a group of small towns in West Marin.

No scratch that.

It's the story of people, individual people, paying attention and loving and

worrying and ultimately working together to hold on to something precious. Well, we'll give it some time, let it get dark.

Hi there.

Welcome.

This is Don Jolly.

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