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it’s sept. & oct. when we experience our largest & most damaging wildfires. so to be mid-aug. & already we have the 2nd- and 3rd-largest wildfires in our state’s history is very concerning . . .” the calif. wildfire chief sez; “how can we plan for the future in california?” the headline asks (dunno. flee?) meanwhile 2nd of 2 back-to-back gulf hurricanes heads toward coast (predicted cat 4 - “the waters are warm enough everywhere to support a major hurricane,” sez the natl. hurricane ctr. dude); 20 dead in hispaniola, incl. 10-yr-old girl in house crushed by tree & “mother & young son crushed by collapsing wall” time to retreat into the most precious aestheticism imaginable . . . or write re: some of them timeless, universal truths to take yr mind off the time-bound truths in yr backyard that’re like to kill ya not to mention the dam breaks in yemen; the collapsed levees in nw china; the apt. bldg. that collapsed in heavy rain in w. india; the rivers that won’t stop rising in bangladesh; the winter heat wave in w. australia; the toppling trees in new england, giant sinkholes in utah & shrivelling corn in u.s. midwest; “rivers of hail” in the streets of verona; & we’re not even talking about rainforests & icebergs . . . plus this plus this: “climate change will alter chocolate as we know it" -- so you know things are . . . concerning . . .
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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. |