our real problems are systemic it takes a village however, the root problem is the village the village must change WE, the village, must change the village we must change w Solidarno?ci, ¡Si! ¡Se puede! …………………… *From Dad Alton Martin, E.F. Schumacher, Howard T. Odum, Herman Daly, and Jason Hickel. pbm ( 7 S’s […]
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Born to Run (Saudades)
Running barefoot up the deep sands Of the oat-planted hill owned by Uncle Peggy In the cool days of the autumns Of the 1950’s and early 60’s Thinking I’m a speedy gazelle, but de facto A young beast of a boy lumbering In the extremely loose soil just east of Devine. First place in […]
Hydrogen-Bonded, Life-Giving Moisture (I Grew Up in Elmer Kelton’s* Time It Never Rained and Do Appreciate Mni!)
Drop, drop; drip, drip. RAIN!!! A life-enhancing process. This slow, soaking gain. ………………….. *The Time It Never Rained | Texas Standard pbm 11/28/20 ( 7 S’s / VV->^^ )
Nirvana for All
can we achieve providence, heaven, nirvana? sure! but a desired providence or heaven is best expressed and realized as nirvana and nirvana must always include a striving for nirvana for all including other species greed for energy and rampant energy transformation through excessive destruction of daily photosynthate, use of slaves, employment of fossil […]
Nature, Minha Família
My family Is dynamic homeostatic symbioses With an emphasis on HOMEOSTATIC. A homeostasis which realizes A robust and dignified Quality life … And death* … For all of Homo sapiens And individuals of many, many, many other species. …………………. *Dr. Cornel West, Harvard University, says that the most important thing for his students to learn is […]
paul’s Attempts at Haiku
A nice example: A World of Dew by Kobayashi Issa A world of dew And within every dewdrop A world of struggle ******************************* November 24, 2020. South Central Texas Hard Truths … and Beauty to Please Drought is here to stay Some say on this fine fall day In which cool mists tease. […]
Hope? (November 7, 2020)
We can have some real hope For young ones and those to come … When we baptize them And cleanse them of our original sins, Sins against indigenous peoples and slaves, Sins against those of color … When we baptize them with robust local and global Affirmative action and reparations, When we throw […]
Challenges. October 6th, 2020
I do realize my mental capacities, knowledge, and energies are limited and that I am extremely insignificant. Nevertheless, I am secure and crazy enough to be willing to debate anyone from Stephen Miller to Dan Patrick to Don Keil (our Seguin Mayor) concerning local to global goals, plans, policy, actions, and sustainability assessments IF the […]
OOO*
the world is sort of squirrelly from a sane human’s point of view. yes, some sane humans might actually exist. personally, if i weren’t truly crazy, this miserable world would drive me totally insane. … (yep, i did steal this from the Littlefield, Texas boy who survived the day the music died.) have you […]