“Somewhere along the way, Nash, like many of us, got old. But that hope never did.” https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/08/11/leonard-pitts-woodstock/ In my life, the 60s & 70s was a very special time. … Flattop & burr … to hair. Latin- memorizing altar boy to knowledge-seeking skeptic. Wannabe priest/military pilot to wannabe social justice/ecological activist toward pacfism (Positively Ethical […]
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Saudades for Something Closer to a Dynamic Homeostatic Symbioses (“nature”) … Before Rampant Artificialization
I think I am somewhat of a spiritual romantic and dreamer who also tries: • to read, listen to, absorb, understand, and act out some of the manifestations of the intellect of relatively solid intellectuals in various realms and • to take some worthy pragmatic actions by tagging along with some intelligent and wise take-action […]
All Roads Run In and Out Of … and Through Roma
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/movies/roma-review.html https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/all_roads_lead_to_Rome We watched Roma today As on the couches we lay. What a touching show! That truly does helps us to know. I immediately entered into a super-pensive mood … And truth be told, at times … a very deep brood. But suddenly it turned to good memories about a brasiliero. Yes!?! … Sort […]
Twenty-Two Very Memorable Times. Some Good, Some Bad. paul bain martin, 11/24/46-7/20/19
(These thoughts were triggered by the footage currently being shown on CNN of the lunar landing, 7/20/69 and meeting an acquaintance of Ernie Koy, Jr. at the Seguin Wellness Center during a recent evening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Koy_Jr. https://www.si.com/vault/2005/08/22/8270922/ernie-koy-jr-running-back- https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_c071fe54-ec53-11e8-b7b5-a35bdf322dc5.html 1. Love, empathy, fellowship, and solidarity; amazing dancing, good barbeque, beer, and champagne. Our wedding night at Quihi […]
The Romantic in Me: A Christmas Night Culminating Into An Amazing Day (July 16, 1971) … and Development into a Wonderfully Fascinating 48+-Year-Ride
It was mostly her Johnny Hoffmann-smile Across the floor at Quihi, With an abundance of friends, … Good folksy music and a real country feel. And alcohol! But, moreover, her seductive attire. And we danced and danced so very close. And being the obsessive narcissistic idealist I am I tapped another to take my date […]
TRUTHS
TRUTHS are: 1. We are OVER CARRYING CAPACITY for humans & domesticated species. 2. We are DRAWING DOWN ON THE NATURAL RESOURCE BASE. 3. There is tremendous DISPARITY ON EAARTH and there is no way an Earth can carry 7-10 billion humans at the levels at which U.S. citizens and other Haves consume. 4. Therefore […]
“POEM” OF HOPE (“PRAYER” FOR LIFE-SUSTAINING SOFT POWER ON EARTH–Response to an assignment by Generations Indigenous Ways leader, Waylon Gaddie)
Waunspe wacekiya.* Let us learn on our own. And let us prod ourselves to actively do so. True learning has to be “hands on”, Often painful. We’ve got to get dirty. But it’s worth it For all of life … For dynamic homeostatic symbioses. Camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente. The shrimp […]
Juneteenth, 2019
Whether you became a U.S. citizen yesterday or were born a citizen 120 years ago, slavery is one of the original sins of this nation with which we must seriously deal. We have to seriously consider and use where appropriate … processes and tools of: o regulated capitalism, o socialism, o affirmative action, o reparations, […]
THOSE DAMN LIBERALS!!!1
Laws Which Guide Us Individually and Collectively Toward Quality Life for All* Those damn liberals!!! … Who ridiculously work relentlessly to help others, I.e., the have-nots Including other species, Across the globe, … And they so very ignorantly try to apply grassroots, direct assistance … Including collaborative, cooperative (PEACE2) learning … Rather than (trickle-), top-down-, […]