Civilization: Perceptions and Reality

Three “Civilized” Perceptions. Britannica, land of hope and glory. Belgium, for freedom and law. United States of America, where the flag stands for freedom.   Reality. “You can best serve civilization By being against What usually passes for it.” So says Wendell Berry … And we should all agree!   If could be that many […]

Water Ecology … with Generations Indigenous Ways, Pine Ridge Reservation, 2020

Water is wet. It makes me sweat. Sweat helps keep me cool, on this you can bet. Lakotas deserve an abundance of quality water; let’s check for appropriate macroinvertebrates with our trusty aquatic net. No Uncle Waylon. Global warming has not covered Texas again with that what’s wet. Not yet. Yes. To Lakota Land we’ll […]

Saudades … e Sacanagen!!!

saudades (deep, deep heart- and soul-felt connection and homesickness; melancholy yearning) i have a love for o Brasil like no other place it’s blending of peoples, brazilian portuguese (the singing phrases of the nortestinos; the “sh, sh, sh” of cariocas, o povo adoráveis de Rio Janeiro; the “(a)rs” of the mato grossenses; the “trems” of […]

“Perfect” Days: Memories … and Projections (What I’ve Experienced and Hope to Experience Again)

Day One. o perfect potatoes and onions prepared delicously over mesquite coals in a cast iron skillet “aromafying” the rio frio campsite o a brisk refreshing two hour-swim by this arthritic old fish from the dam at Garner State Park at ten that morning o a thoreau walk … and learning about concerted natural living […]

being plain, sometimes feeling shame … hmmm … nevertheless, it’s been a wonderful game!

i am just a plain inept insignificant pablo seriously i do know i am maladroit and very plain la villa aggie buddy jimmy carlson told me so affectionately in 1968 … and i thought in realpolitik terms “you know, he’s right. pablo, you are plain. realistically, pragmatically accept it.” “but don’t stop trying to move […]

Black Lives Matter, Social Justice, and Ecological Sanity

https://www.8toabolition.com/ Talk of real systemic change can freak folk out, or at a minimum result in their tuning out a speaker’s frequency. Many get extremely nervous when someone starts talking about an immediate undertaking of continuous revolution toward actually abolishing sins of War, guns, weapons of mass destruction, military, police, prisons, … and destructive neo-liberal […]