Author Archives: paulpeaceparables

VOTE BIDEN-HARRIS. o I’ve been frustrated & angry about local & global social injustice ever since we had some agitating discussions w/ a nun in a 7th-grade Catholic catechism class in Devine, TX in the 1950s.  But never like now.  …  I feel a shame & a dirtiness that we elected Trump & enabled Trump […]

“How dare anyone cause harm to another soul, curtail their life or life’s potential, when our lives are so short to begin with?” From Caste. The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson   Skin colors Sexual orientations Cliques Cults Religions Class CASTES Tribes Nations Cultures Races1   It is “near impossible” to list all […]

Toward a Clean Sustainable Seguin … And an imagined conversation of a father (Pablo) and his oldest son (Jeremias) Jan 2007 (pbm) Enrolada*   Depression and Pinchot-wired parents taught us to conserve. 2007 Chosen People-fundamentalist preachers impel us to grab and rule the all that WE MOST CERTAINLY deserve.   Humility, frugality used to be […]

Browns to yellows to yellow-greens and mostly deep greens cover the life-giving, moist loam.   Leaf patterns seem infinite in attempts to effectively capture life-maintaining solar energy.   Innumerable leaves, and branches with leaves, jut out from St. Augustine, crape myrtles, persimmons, figs, thirteen pecan trees, and other flora in efforts to get their just […]

I think a lot about innocent children.  My poem this week herein paulpeaceparables.com for Seguin’s Creekside Poets focused to a large extent on sweet kids. As I watch and listen to a segment of Ken Burns’ The Vietnam War on PBS and think about Hiroshima, the anniversary of which was earlier this month on August 6th–I reflect on how […]

The basic clear-cut philosophy Of a Tom T. Hall Appeals to me.   “I love leaves in the wind, pictures of my friends, Birds of the world and squirrels. I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, Bourbon in a glass and grass. And I love you, too.”   “Ain’t but three things in […]

Three “Civilized” Perceptions. Britannica, land of hope and glory. Belgium, for freedom and law. United States of America, where the flag stands for freedom.   Reality. “You can best serve civilization By being against What usually passes for it.” So says Wendell Berry … And we should all agree!   If could be that many […]

Conception and life. … With sex. Without. We begin.  We sense.  And we learn. Still with so very much nil. Fathomless  mystery. At times it frustrates.   But keep LIVING! And learning.   Life’s goal?   Care!!! **************   pbm ( 7 S’s / VV->^^ )

Pretenses are that we so love and adore the poor and humble Jesus of Nazareth Who persevered for thirty-three years in a struggle for social justice. Yet, in socially and ecologically destructive behaviors and lifestyles, We drive our big pick ‘em up trucks and SUVs, Live in big luxurious air-conditioned homes Eat industrial Haber-Bosch foods […]