we don’t celebrate
xmas in july, here we observe july in june . . . 7 or so degrees f > normal (“normal”!) speaking of which: d.n.c. tries to squelch its council on climate change wch wld spend > 9x > biden does to get america out of the carbon economy, fast speaking of which: carbon dioxide emissions ramp up now that we’re “unlocking” (well duh) meanwhile, a pretty slow climate disaster news day, except in places it’s not: e.g., 6” rain in 1 hr. in guizhou 30 sq. mi. of grand canyon n. slope burns & pima co. sheriff sez: “those people that are not heeding the evacuation order need to understand that if you stay there, we may not be able to come back and rescue you.” & n. of the border, different woes: “i’ve been in calgary 40 years, this is the first time i've seen a storm like this. [inundations + tennis- ball-size hail]. i’ve never experienced this before.” nobody has — ever meanwhile, the non-new non-news: the locusts still swarm in s. asia & e. africa, a patchwork of deluge and drought, where hunger creeps wider & deeper; siberian forests burn (worst air anywhere); 100s of 1000s of people still recovering, displaced b/c of cyclones & hurricanes from yrs ago; or smoke-scarred hacking lungs from last yr’s fires; droughts still droughting, slow burn will keep on happening whether things open up or calm down or not
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Kristin Prevallet Author/Editor
I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |