I first tried soap making on Johnston Atoll in 2002 and although the class was for melt and pour soap I am happy to write that my first experience at hands-on soap making was while firefighting on a small coral dot in the Pacific Ocean, a place not widely known about by the general public but spoken of with curiosity and amazement by those who are aware of the former nuclear testing site and chemical weapons disposal facility. While a strange place to learn how to make a basic melt and pour soap, it was also the perfect place for the origin of the Olympia Soap Company. A mysterious yet toxic island filled with glorious wildlife that not many people would ever see in their lifetimes.

 

Going forward many years, the Olympia Soap Company was set up in Olympia, Washington after my defense contractor assignment in Antigua Air Station as a "Duck Blind" or camouflage to "look like something" in an area that is ruinous to hope due to the corruption or several local organizations.

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Starcia Ague of SMA creatives is assisting with the Olympia Soap Company now. She will be selling the soap and communicating with the township dwellers while I make the suds.

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The Olympia Soap Co was started by a former defense contractor, the result might be somewhat confusing but Starcia is working it out.

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Joshua S. Johnson

August 2024