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(Thoughts generated during & from a weekend of philosophy & ecology in Houston, attendance of a service at an evangelical/charismatic church, breakfast & lunch with dear family, and books and articles around me— http://news.rice.edu/2019/01/28/a-full-night-of-philosophy-and-ideas-fills-the-moody-center/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Laurie-Anderson-and-Timothy-Morton-headline-A-13551393.php http://frenchculture.org/events/9266-nocturnal-intellectual-marathons-across-us https://bayoucityfellowship.com/ ) Philosophy—The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic […]

The overall goal in life is healthy individuals / demes / populations / community / ecosystems /ecosphere, involving sense of place and community … and appropriate spirituality. The process should be developed cautiously on a foundation of (ecological) education* including being informed by (ecological) history*. Actions in leisure & recreation and arts & culture, including […]

I appreciate young Benjamin Austin’s contribution to the Wall Street Journal from Friday, March 3, 2017 … about a need for an education in economics, in the more conventional sense, in high schools ( https://www.wsj.com/articles/economics-shouldnt-be-an-elective-1488498856 ). However, the gigantic hole in human societies which is threatening much of life on Eaarth in the anthropocene, including […]

THE ESSENCE. Per Merriam-Webster (MW), a job is “a regular remunerative [financially rewarding] position”. It is an integral component of a machine-like transformation and exploitation of the natural which involves arrogance and narcissism at various levels, and is fruition of the artificial and often unjust, inhumane, and ecological insane art of deal-making. It is involved […]

Rule of Law. “It’s the Law!” Natural Law. The Law. The Constitution. Neighborhood Association Laws and Regulations. Housing Codes. Motor Vehicle Law. City ordinances. Food and Drug Laws. Pesticide Law. Seed Law. Conservation District Regulations. Animal Welfare Law. Affirmative Action. Reparations. U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. The U.N. Agenda 21 Plan. (Sometimes my head spins […]

“’Beauty is truth, truth beauty,’—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” Keats But what kind of beauty? And how much of it? Moreover, what is the energy/emergy involved, and what effect does it have on symbioses/“nature”/creation? The clear-cutting of forest can result in beautiful open meadows. The contours of […]

The tone of this piece may seem to be that of “drama” because of my sad and confused mental situation in this moment. However, I will be celebrating Thanksgiving and my birthday with family and an overabundance of food and beverage this coming Friday and Saturday in a relatively carefree manner. On Friday night I […]

I can’t move! I cannot move at all! I can’t move!! “Gene!” “Gene!!!” “Oh my God, I am heartedly sorry …” And then shortly after I had barely begun my act of contrition, it was total mental darkness and total silence! I went blank. …………………………………………………………………….. I’d completed all my responsibilities at the little feed lot […]

It was a cold, wet windy winter Sunday in the Devine area of south-central Texas. “Come on outside with me Paul Bain! We’re going to take some firewood into town.” Under Dad’s direction, I chopped some oak wood alongside him, loaded it into the green 6-cylinder bobtail truck which was normally his ride to work […]