three in the morning, at an age of four he unexpectedly embraced me as i checked on this little buddle of love and joy … “I love you grandpa!” ************************* fooling them into thinking i was telephoning santa claus, and shortly thereafter the arrival of ol’ saint nick and mama claus (the dennis […]
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Show Us You Are Real … Seguin. Go Ahead. Get Real! (To be submitted as a letter to editors and presented to the Guadalupe County Commissioners Court, the Seguin City Council, and the Board of Trustees, Seguin Independent School District)*
No. … Pope Francis is not perfect. But he is one religious leader who is honestly and smartly, and in humility, attempting to address challenging local & global issues of socio-ecological injustice and insanity positively & effectively. The encyclical of Francis, “Laudato si” stresses that: the ecological crisis is a moral & spiritual challenge to […]
if i had my way (21 july 2022)
in many ways i have had my way born of St. Louise Katherine Kneuper Martin wedded to a wonderful Elizabeth Florence Hoffmann Martin for 51 years (and Betsy has a Johnny Hoffmann-smile) many real and thoroughly good & special family & friends some of whom attended our recent wedding anniversary celebrations! but i am never […]
growth, freedom, power, … and net primary productivity
in the 1970’s with speed limits at 55 and a curbing of christmas lighting i was somewhat elated that we’d finally begun to realize some socio-ecological sanity (my dad loved it! he drove 45 and went around turning out lights) …………………… deaf ears. blind eyes. lack of real feeling deaf, blind, oblivious the […]