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First of all, I do wish all of you some very happy holidays and emphasize that we do love all of you*. ………………… I’m beginning this christmas message with a theme which often comes forth from my mind. The image therein is a metaphor for today’s world, a 737 Max at 35,000 feet of altitude […]

I am grateful for this multifaceted jade jewel we call sweet Seguin town. Here there are plenty of good people all around! Yep, many fine folk on this Rio Guadalupe can be found … Some nascent … and some jaded nearly ready to be placed lovingly in the ground. Seguin populace protected and propagated the […]

It was tough losing Luther and Lawrence Alton And other close ones. However, the subsequent melancholy, the dark, Is a healing, illuminating, educational process. Learning about how to live with real and deep gratitude. Other darks … Sleep, naps, siestas. Awaking at night when all is calm and mostly void of light. Swimming in the […]

Particularly because I am a straight male christian gringo In the very overly powerful U.S.A. Living in the post Second World War euphoria of the Allies, I have benefited greatly through conventional capitalism. Many grain-fed hogs sold to Swift & Company in the 1950s, 60s, 70s. Texas vegetables to Arkansas’ Allen Canning Company during those […]

I am very much a mess And I do know it. And I hardly never ever not show it. Perhaps I should wish I were a Bible Thumper, a Christian with a big “C”, A believer kneeling often, chanting “Hail Marie”. A soldier, a patriot Comfortable standing with hand over heart For the National Anthem, […]

For WE Haves, less is more! Tithe plus and share with Others, not with self and not so much with progeny and kin. pbm [ 7 Ss / VV->^^ ]

Humankind. Kinds of humans. Kind humans??? Whether relatively wealthy or very poor, Fossil-fuel greased or with calloused hands, … Most, deservedly? or greedily?, seek MORE! And even with promises made to tithe and do with less We all generally continue to clutch power possessed … WithIn our abominable mess. Food, fiber, and shelter from, or […]

“I am glad to be with you here today on this beautiful day in January of 1917.  My name is Alexander Madison Erskine, the father of Mary Browne, or Mary B., Erskine and I am honored to tell you the little tale of my life to date.** I do believe I have met most of […]

“How are you good folks today? … Wonderful! It is a beautiful day today here in Seguin? Don’t you think? … But let’s not be piddling around. Let me get down to business. (By the way, I am speaking with considerable poetic license. I hope that this doesn’t offend. … Also, y’all be prepared to […]