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Almost every morning as I read the newspaper and listen to the news, my mind begins to attempt to deal with at least some of the “axioms, principles, doctrines” in the “poem” below. And perhaps on too many occasions—like today–I feel I’ve just gotta get the thoughts down and “digitized” before doing something more substantial […]

Wonderful plant species with Latin names which I enjoyed while walking the fence line after recent rains on sixty-acres in sunny Rio Medina, Texas, May 19, 2020 Prosopis glandulosa Opuntia lindheimeri Stipa leucotricha Ratibida columnifera Aloysia gratissima Vachellia rigidula Cynodon dactylon Diospyros texana Smilax bona-nox Asclepias texana Schizachyrium scoparium Bouteloua curtipendula Quercus fusiformis Mahonia trifoliolata […]

Virtual creekside? Creekside virtual? Creekside virtue?? …………………….. Zoom! Boom! No gloom in my room! Think I’m gonna swoon!! With whom? Seguin Creekside Poets are coming! Via Zoom. … They always bloom!! Maybe I’ll croon? “ … now Rocky Raccoon, He fell back in his room Only to find Gideon’s bible. Gideon checked out, And he […]

“… teachers are really proving that they ARE the backbone of education now and always have been, not legislators or standardized testing development companies. They are creating their lessons plans, staying in contact with students, informing parents, and encouraging both while taking care of the needs of their own children and homes. They are indeed […]

I suppose I have to have hope in humanity (i.e., in its quest for scientific knowledge, humility, empathy, compassion, respect, discipline & integrity, and in its capacity for Truth & Prudence) … and hope for quality life for all!!??!! “Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology-PEACE” across curricula & campuses (EACC), of all human organizational entities, will […]

The WSJ has it mostly wrong today re the Green Revolution on their editorial page … and the PBS Norman Borlaug documentary is on the right track. It should be common knowledge by now that: 1. Dr. Borlaug et al. didn’t abide by the Precautionary Principle, 2. there were better routes toward quality life for […]

Memories shared at brother Lawrence’s funeral service ten (10) year’s ago in the same church where the funeral service of our beloved and highly respected Coach Marvin Gustafson was held ( https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/lawrence-martin-obituary?pid=139164488 )– [Lawrence gifted me with the book in the photo above, Paideia Problems and Possibilities, and invited me to present one afternoon to […]

  What would an ethical and rational critical thinker and decision-maker expect? Two hundred thousand years of living in dynamic homeostatic symbioses through a light ecological footprint.. Then from one million in 8000 BCE to one billion in 1800 to eight to ten billion! Daily consumption by some of these humans rising from 20,000 kilocalories […]

My mother Louise had this letter (and photo) in her cedar chest (which seems to be bottomless). My sister Linda Louise gave it to me the other day … a few weeks before Mother’s Day 2020: “14 May 1967 Dear Mother, Today is Mother’s Day and I am sorry I’ve not done more Mother to […]