I’m not a fan of apathy or complacency … (and perhaps too much “religious prayer & mindless worship of all-powerful Gods, … i.e., traditional Gods & Bible-like books & Constitutions & Laws; Ann Ryn, Trump; neoliberal capitalism, ‘technology’, the stuff/glamour/chewing gums & opiates of the mind/power/fossil energy from transnational corporations, industrial ag, ‘organics’, ‘Holistic Management’; […]
Author Archives: paulpeaceparables
Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology/PEACE & “Less Is More” … (The Essence of “christian” Humility!)
Dad Alton Martin and his “Less Is More”*-ethos/way-of-life from the Depression … and late 1800s and early 1900s conservation-ethos/way-of-life from “G.I. Bill”-learning immediately after he came home from WW II was what, I think, influenced me the greatest in my personal-ethos/way-of-life (given to me through Dad’s genetics and epigenetic and environmental influences). Moreover, the villages […]
PEACE vs. War
In my life … o from my early youth after birth in 1946, with the “War hymns” we learned as youth, o the various holidays & events during the year telling us how Great we are & how “great we are when at War”,o the Devine “War”horses, o the Corps at A&M,o watching glorified WW II dogfights […]
Another of our games*. Excerpts from a “taxonomy of generations” … & comments on some proposed characteristics
A loved one who came into our “family life” more than twenty years ago “has hope” “knowing Gen Z will someday be in charge.” As a stupid knee-jerking contrarian, I could (& would) readily quarrel, using factual substance, with several aspects of this statement above. …………………… Some pensamentos … It is a small sample size […]
natural law
intelligent, open communication humility in interacting with all species avoid putting up walls, fences, borders practice pacifism blend as one
just a bit more of the day-dreaming of which artist/sculptor marika bordes pointed out i often do
what might i BE if i were he or she or thee?????? rather than me? (mightier than a Sequoiadendron giganteum redwood tree?) ……………… “of course not!!!” i sort of say with glee … ’cause i wouldn’t be ME! pbm ( 7 Ss /VV->^^ )
Shamed/Ashamed (And … Effect Action?? to Try to Rectify??)
I do feel shame for the harm my Catholic Church … and other Christian churches have done over the millineum (over time) to indigenous peoples and people of other persuasions … to folk who supposedly “don’t fit the norm” in many & varied ways–with respect to the Bible, religious doctrine/dogma/teachings/–with respect to what major religious […]
Thoughts This Morn Before I Sit Down to Continue Reading “Braiding Sweetgrass”* … and Then Do Some Foolish Mowing & Purchasing (on a Relatively Senselessly Destructive Neoliberal-Capitalistic [Militaristic], Artificialized Eaarth**)
no doubt i am NOT a learned/well-educated bright/intellectual NOR a great communicator (but i do try) ………………………. nevertheless, life for me (in the moment) is a play between … o what we personally (& of course collectively) know to be SOCIO-ecologically right or wrong o “natural” desires of the selfish flesh & mind, heart, and […]
a ti Pablo
(In one of our regular Creekside Poets gatherings, i.e., on Earth Day! … upon prompting from our leader, the amazing Sylvia Manning, I wrote a little “impromptu”-poem about Earth Day being an extra special day for me. April 22nd is both Earth Day and the birthday of my deceased brother Lawrence “Larry” Martin, or as […]