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Verdant sunny trail Well cleansed after rainy morn Wine cups spring delight pbm [ 7 S’s / VV->^^ ]

Those who believe they know “THE TRUTH” and “THE WAY” live the biggest of lies. We all live, at a minimum, little lies even though we may wish not to acknowledge it. For too many, Truth is that More is good for our Eaarth.  That is a very big lie, disappointing, and sad! For some […]

My poor family deserves more! I’m leaving for that good-paying roofing work in Texas tomorrow.. Twenty-two days of walking; rickety school buses; coyotes; La Bestia; crossing hot, blistering, cold-at-night desert. Siguatepeque to Nuevo Laredo … and more coyotes. Two hours in San Antonio. ¡Pinche putos cabrones! ¡¡¡La migra!!! Back to Honduras the next day. …………………. […]

There is no racing high like when pushing it and then coasting in a final stretch. Racing and its high have long since petered out for me! Nevertheless, in this evening’s bicycle ride along Walnut Creek I am moving, grooving. The ride is smooth, soothing! The evening air cool and clean. The path and the […]

An ecology reading list for self-isolating environmentalists Click on the above line of text for a great reading list for budding “Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecologists/PEACE-makers” (and all others!), whether young or old! (I have a number of these books on my shelves and in stacks around.) The following also includes a good list or […]

Soldier-A mercenary; one being paid [shillings, or sous (Latin)]. War-Indo-European word wers, to confuse. Military–Milia or thousands.  https://www.etymonline.com/word/military ………………………………………. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-navy-revamped-boot-camp-11585350681 Though  I do have good memories of many activities, friends, experiences during my short period in Naval Air in 1969-70, I must criticize this current world of soldiers, armaments, arms, and War.  We need to […]

Ever since the late 1960s, I have been pretty hard on big (high input/throughput, or “greedy”) transnational corporations and the biocides they produce. I believe we could have developed systems largely void of these types of misdirected institutions and their synthetic chemicals (which often have unintended consequences, especially from overuse resulting from zealous marketing) and […]

Once upon a time, a looooong time ago, there lived little boy, with a widow’s peak, named Pablo.  He and his family went to Mass every Sunday.  They even often went on weekdays to pray for rain. When Pablo was a kid, the language of Mass was Latin.  And Latin is the mother of many […]

Plastics Industry Insiders Reveal the Truth About Recycling https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/single-stream-recycling-and-china-throwing-recycling-markets-into-chaos?gclid=CjwKCAjw95D0BRBFEiwAcO1KDDHLZcjQTQtW18BxH6ED9trUY7lMB-U_TlCkda-aMUTC9GzqoFmjhBoC5OMQAvD_BwE All through my little insignificant writings of over the last 30+ years I have generally emphasized conservation, low-input (sustainable agriculture), simple and small, sufficiency over efficiency, the Second (“Natural”) LAW of Thermodynamics, small individual and collective ecological footprints, and REDUCTION over recycling.  Nevertheless, in an attempts […]