hollow words? (paucities of effective action from the comforts of unsustainable artificiality)

i cry out for “REAL!” “NECESSARY!” “IMPERATIVE” short- and long-term sustainable systemic change for a dynamic homeostatic symbioses for natural … for nature … from my comfortable synthetic bubble I’m so snug even smug in my artificial oikos on terribly unnatural Eaarth pbm [ 7 S’s / VV->^^ ]

memories of a place “devine” in mid-century south texas (and related thoughts triggered)

one brown one through some privilege … and tooth and nail … had clawed his way to a huge cigar and a mighty-big-car chevrolet-dealership (my dad and i and many others admired respected loved George Fernández) but for the most part the browns and blacks were still clawing to survive at st. joseph’s in the […]

we need to find a cure for our illness* (there’s a lot of work out there to do!)

MAKE MYSELF GREAT! MAKE MY TRIBE GREAT!! MAKE MY NATION GREAT!!! MAKE WHITE NATIONALISM GREAT!!!! MAKE AMERICA (you know the REAL AMERICA not … shithole central “america” or shithole south “america” or shithole mexico not … those … indigenous those … blacks, browns, and yellows) MAKE AMERICA GREAT!!!!! i am sick we are all very […]

“Poems” Generated During a Bicycle Ride, May 26, 2020*

Creekside Pressure they all write and read so well and I sound like hell when they ring the bell mine will never sell perhaps I’ll just go it and fail with the one about a farmer and a dell anyway … I’ll TRY! … and smell out a good tale. ………………….. Checkmate … Or Check […]

Memorial Day, 2020

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27858/10-things-remember-about-memorial-day …………………… My Dad Luther Alton Martin was a good and admirable man of whom I am proud. Uncle Oscar Bain Martin who I only know through stories–mostly from my Grandma Eva Martin and cousin Wanda Jo Dinklage–and letters he wrote, died a young man of integrity and virtue of whom I am also proud […]

Feeling Romantic in Rio’s Natureza

Wonderful plant species with Latin names which I enjoyed while walking the fence line after recent rains on sixty-acres in sunny Rio Medina, Texas, May 19, 2020 Prosopis glandulosa Opuntia lindheimeri Stipa leucotricha Ratibida columnifera Aloysia gratissima Vachellia rigidula Cynodon dactylon Diospyros texana Smilax bona-nox Asclepias texana Schizachyrium scoparium Bouteloua curtipendula Quercus fusiformis Mahonia trifoliolata […]