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Category: Being Green – A Novel

Being Green

Chapter Five

Through dense, leafy underbrush, Jens and his troop quietly make their way to a clearing where a break in the tree canopy allows streams of light to fill the area; ferns and moss thrive among slabs of stone warmed by the midday sun. Forming a circle, the group sits atop the warm stones, and they… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Being Green - A Novel Leave a comment May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 4 Minutes

Being Green

Chapter Four

At forth-five years of age, Pierre Gittleman’s laboratory is now also his bedroom; a cot lines one wall, along with a bedside table, reading lamp, writing desk and comfortable sitting chair. Not exactly a hermit, Pierre largely keeps his own company, his work too ambitious and potentially… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Being Green - A Novel Leave a comment May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 5 Minutes

Being Green

Chapter Three

Jens looks at his legs, still outstretched and beginning to glisten in the early daylight. It has been a cool night, and his body needs a few minutes to warm up enough to get up and walk. Taking a deep breath, he smells the dew evaporating from the ground, and as long shadows slowly shorten, … Read the rest

Larry Barnett Being Green - A Novel 4 Comments April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 4 Minutes

Being Green

Chapter Two

“Homo botanicus sounds good,” thought the 35-year-old Pierre Gittleman, his mind wandering away from Thomas Dougherty’s story about the benefits of fasting. Pierre’s mind has been moving a mile-a-minute lately, fueled by his certainty – you could almost call it an epiphany –… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Being Green - A Novel 2 Comments April 21, 2022April 27, 2022 5 Minutes

Being green

Chapter One

It is 2135, smack in the middle of the 6th Great Extinction. Humanity has been reduced to small pockets of civilization, some operating at a subsistence level through foraging and small scale farming, others, by remaining technologically advanced and with sufficient energy sources pursuing… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Being Green - A Novel 1 Comment April 11, 2022April 27, 2022 4 Minutes
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