| Long long ago, while I lived "back east", I found some wonderful books that have changed my life path, among them, I found Sun Bear. This is the first book I read of his.
Black Dawn, Bright Day.
It struck me, as very powerful and a tad scary, but, to my then naieve self, the "millenium" was sooooo far away it was hard to take as viable, despite my mistrust of [our's most especially] government officials. We had our gas shortages (time for alternate power sources -- wind, solor, water), we made it through Viet Nam (no more losing our boys and girls to war, let alone an undeclared war, where we were not wanted) we know about the Ozone layer (and global warming ensuing and the cancers on our skin growing), we have learned, finally, and now my peers will be in charge soon. I believed that they would surely do the "right thing" and fix "it" before Sun Bear's worse prophecies could materialize. We are becoming enlightened, we are not fools, and my generation is so much more saavy and aware, right? . With the recent onset, and increasing intensity, of many natural, and unnatural crises [eliminating "Mother Earth's Parasites i.e. humans], and, as I write this entery, "Katrina" coupled with the [not yet declared war in Iraq], I am curious to see just how accurate the predictions were [as a personal aside, around a few months ago, our resident eagles were missing for a long while, and whales have been grounding themselves again, and there are nightly Coyote howlings on my little island. I couldn't help recall that this was one of the portents Sun Bear spoke of, [re: huge changes afoot]. Recently the Eagles have returned, and I see flowers peek their heads out despite the droughts, sporadically, and I can only hope that they are letting us know that if we "do the right things" we still may have a good chance of turning things around. If you've not read any of Sun Bear's works, I really suggest you try this one. The local library is sure to have a copy, or be able to access one if you don't want to invest. At worse, this book is written beautifully with the late great Sun Bear's voice and wit, and at best, it's a hopeful warning. FWIW, I'm going to peruse my shelves and /moving boxes right now for a reread myself.
## PS -- Just noticed I had good taste way back when -- it has Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' seal of approval!
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