Waiting On A Green Renaissance
by John Laumer, Philadelphia 
on 12.27.08
Roasted Cinderella Pumpkin
Using 2008 as a reference point, 2009 promises a blizzard of political debris, lofted by an un-closeting of science. And, if history be any guide, the chatterboxes of US radio and TV will try to bury the ideas of a barely-formed green sub-culture in drifts of insensible talking points.
The prospect of a Green Renaissance is faint indeed, seen through the lens of 2008. No wonder I am reluctant to let go of this fall's imagery: like the roasted pumpkin on my stove top, pictured here. And others.
She dries her hair quietly, at the wood stove.
I do hope we'll have a Happy New Year, un-burying ourselves and learning together.
Onward, then!
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