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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.   […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Earth’s deserts are wonderfully dry. Tropical rain forests are lush and wet. A must to visit but you’ll boil or fry. Many species in both are under threat. Homo sapheads has done little good yet.   Temperate forests are lovely and green. Look down from the mountain and see their sheen. Tundra in the […]

Life is a SERIOUS game for self, family, deme, population, species, community, watershed, ecosystem, biosphere, Earth (and probably other “earths”).  This is so whether it is with or without Muhammed, Aristotle, Jesus of Nazareth, Rumi, Adam Smith, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Karl Marx, Hitler, Greta Thunberg, or Trump.   Nevertheless, it is ONLY a game.   […]

i feel compelled to discipline myself a bit and get some righteous thoughts up into the cloud and down on paper.   nevertheless, i am not so disciplined as to complete this task in compliance with the structured form of the assignment this week from Creekside Poets, which was ten lines, ten syllables per lines, […]

Coach Frank Wood died today, One of many friends in our adopted hometown of Seguin Who sorrowfully are passing with increasing frequency.   Frank needed me at times For companionship at a meal, To use our computer, or a ride. My needs include companionship And Coach Frank provided it And exercise and zeal Through his […]

good diversity, good natural dynamism is the beauty of our world. it is what i truly love.   i become warm and pacific when discovering some thing new and virtuous, which truly is always elderly and was always there.   innocently true beauty and innocently true love, always old and ubiquitous, but hidden for new […]