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 […]
Author Archives: paulpeaceparables
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 […]
State/Fate of EAARTH (Systematic System-Change Including Degrowth … Through Ecology Across All Campuses & Curricula Is, for the Most Part, the Only Solution!)* … by plain paul
(Close to eight billion of one dominant species Annually transform/”consume” more than 580 million trillion joules Or in excess of about 13865 million tons of oil equivalents) Gaia, Earth (now Eaarth), nature, dynamic homeostatic symbioses Are matter … simply, complexly … organized with free available energy And if the energy and resultant chemical reactions […]
I Had to React (AR-15’s and “Americans”)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-rifle-that-ruined-america/ar-AAYunRI?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=bfe6185900d74be7bd578a448d127010 I suppose many of us feel that living the life-styles of our parents “would be the salvation of the world.” I most certainly do!Anyway, as I say in our recently-published little book on positively ethical applied community ecology, “Games We Play,” I am very sure that the world would be much, much, much better […]
Nature? Human Nature
I obviously do not understand the Nature of Human Nature Perhaps there is little Nature there? At least now? …………. pbm 7 S’s / VV->^^
La Culpa
It’s not the shooter’s fault It’s the culpa of the ecological community
The Big (& Little) Picture of Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology (PEACE), Pacifism, & Dynamic Homeostatic Symbioses
The major challenge is a common goal of quality life for all Including other species Sure, it is hard to realize; maybe impossible Anyway, as long as we continue to de facto worship guns, AR-15s, military, soldiers of War, nuclear armaments And nationalists, patriots, autocrats, fascists, those who think “GREAT! and GREATER” (And psychologically-, physiologically-, […]