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Dawn of the New Earth
June 2020 The narrative since the beginning of April has suddenly, categorically and dramatically shifted. Fear and loathing has continued to be the driver, but our conversation shifted from terror, gas fracking, mining, disappearing bees, global warming, plastic oceans, clear-felled trees, bone dry rivers and fire scorched earth to you and me. Imminent and fully present Death has come directly to our doors. There is nothing more pestilent and insistent to jerk us into action. While so many could not bring themselves to do more than sign the occasional online petition for any number of causes that seemed not to threaten our lives or comforts immediately, April brought suffering and…