G'day everyone and a happy new year to you . Anthony James , here for The RegenNarration , coming to you from my old hometown of B , las Casas , Alta Vera , paz , Guatemala . I'm down by the Campo de Fut , the old football ground . I say old because I think only the young kids play on it like they're doing now these days .
It used to be the main ground , but I believe there's another one . Things have changed a lot , but down in this part of town they haven't changed so much . I used to live just across the other side of the football ground and now we're in a hotel that never was there before but is now that's out on the quiet edge of town .
Now the main town isn't as quiet as it used to be , but here still the fireflies at night , the birds during the day and not so much traffic noise . So I get to be able to talk to you , but it's fair to say , the emotions are running thick on return here . There's so much to share . I'm contemplating how to do that best . So more on that soon .
Suffice to say for now that the spirit of place here continues to be challenged but shines through as ever , and I'm seeing more so than before how it emanates from the land and waters here through the people then as now . Such generosity now to me and my little family , whose spanish continues to improve .
The local indigenous Maya language , Q'eq'chi well , that's another story . A few words are returning to my mind the longer we're here , enough to get some more warm laughter going amongst the people . Anyway , saludos a todos de Fray que quizás están escuchando . The other thing I'd like to get going right now is a special summer series of episodes on the podcast .
Around four years ago , some of you might remember , I produced a series of nine episodes for an organisation called Clean State WA . That became the Clean State Podcast , dedicated to regenerative transitions in my home state of Western Australia .
Sadly , that organisation is no more , but the series of episodes produced featured such brilliant guests and stories that we resolved to find a way to keep them alive in the record .
I say we as I'm referring to conversations I've been having over the last year or so with former Clean State producer and now good ate and RegenNarration podcast subscriber , Luke Sweet . So when my customary festive season break came along , there's a local tuk-tuk . There were none of those when I used to be here . Now there are everywhere , for better and worse .
Anyway , I was going to say so . When my customary festive season break came along , I suggested the Clean State Eps could constitute a special series on The RegenNarration . Their premise is so related . It's why they asked me to produce them , of course sharing a vision , narrative shift and a plan of action grounded in stuff that's already happening .
In that sense , their relevance remains these few years on , and not just to West Aussies . So I hope you'll enjoy the listen to these half hour stories on location across WA , wherever you are . The other benefit of this is that I'll also get to release some of the extra material that never saw the light of day with Clean State's strict half-hour mandate .
So I'm looking forward to that too . May this be homage also to the rest of the Clean State crew who worked so hard on the broader vision and plan at that time . That legacy deserves to remain accessible . I reckon here's a humble contribution to that end . I'll start with the release of episode one shortly .
So , in the words of my 10-year-old boy , Yeshe , on his podcast , thanks for listening and stay tuned .