The Beauty of Cultural Gifts from Latinx

I do realize that I am not really prudently secretive/closed-mouth enough to meet “accepted norms” and do share too much about my life; however, for me this video* (* https://youtu.be/xzr4PMJYH54 ) with Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Brown, et al. made aware to me by Dr. Darryl Birkenfeld, was tearfully powerful and culturally enriching.  And it pulled out many […]

POVERTY

poverty???? ¿¿¿¿pobreza???? poverty???? ¿¿¿¿pobreza???? poverty????   poverty!  ¡pobreza! a lack of … especially a void in kindness and humility; a void in “good power facilitating ‘good trouble’” humanity’s lack of wisdom, knowledge, prudence, empathy, sharing, solidarity, Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology/PEACE*, … and peace a lack of equity too little equality   real poverty!  ¡pobreza […]

Global (LOCAL) Mind Expansion1

Pi?kny Bonitinha!!! Saudades Pendejo Dynamic homeostatic symbioses2,3   Words I love   Mississippi sharecropper’s son, old friend Dr. Joe Lewis In my circle of life, Mr. Semiochemical4 … stresses a need For a new science-/sustainable community-based natural language For all to use effortlessly, effectively, Justly, humanely, ecologically, … PEACEfully5   I agree  (and generally feel we […]

Pandora’s Box (We Must Put It Back In and Seal It!) … and Don Quixotes (Because We Can Not!!)*

eight to ten billion humans walls, luxurious gated fortresses of castle-like “homes”, bubbles overshoot & disparity agrilogistics/industrial ag fossil energy/materials anthropogenic climate change nuclear arms, (assault) weapons plastic** automobiles prevalence of artificialization, “noise”, stuff, clutter, trash, pollution War   COMPLEXLY, STUBBORNLY OPEN PANDORA’S BOX   prayer most recycling letters to governmental reps hopelessly bought with […]

Useless Desires* (Silly Seriousness … or Serious Silliness)

l’m not blank … Just dark and dank … Least that’s what I “thank.” Maybe there’s some good in the tank? But up until now I “thank” … What has come out so very, very earnestly … seems to have stank.   Into the noisy chaotic dark abyss … which stinks … this day I sank Into the dark […]

a peaceful summer of watermelons, grandma, and story, 1959

It was a summer of pitching hundreds, thousands! of BIG! melons around wilson county sweaty, muscle-soring, tiring work with black folk Bobby Ray Williams and Charlie Brown work- and life-experienced but very playful … and so much fun! we slammed our fists into many of the perfectly-ripe red-meated berries and partook of the delicious aroma, […]