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BOO!OOOoooooooooooooo … Hoo. …  oooooooooooooOOOOOH!!!!!!!!! Saudades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream#/media/File:Edvard_Munch,_1893,_The_Scream,_oil,_tempera_and_pastel_on_cardboard,_91_x_73_cm,_National_Gallery_of_Norway.jpg Love you/y’all, dad/grandpa …………………………. pbm  6/16/19 [ 7S’s / VV->^^ ]

Is War inevitable/perpetual? Or could it become very ephemeral In various regions of Eaarth In the near and distant future? … Or could it even be eradicated Over a neo-Earth Forever and ever? Does War exist BECAUSE of War? And armaments/nuclear weapons? And arms/guns? And military? And military bases? And exorbitant military funding? (Vs. funding […]

I’ve traveled a bit in Europe, Quite a lot in Mexico, Central America, & South America, And have done considerable reading About the international scene. The closest I’ve seen to “s…hole” country Is “s…a…” Trump’s United States of America. ……………………… But as Josh Grider sings2 … There are still LOTS of good people In this […]

I am a serious skeptic … I suppose an ignostic … Maybe a heathen*. But when I am lonely In a strange predicament, My Church … My Catholic Church … Is there as my community/my home/ My rock, Wherever in the universe I may be. For all its artificiality, It’s humanness, It’s failures in humaneness […]

Because of my genetics/epigenetics And 72+ years of life experiences (“Failures” and “successes”) With Mom and Dad and in family, With siblings, Grandma Martin, Uncle Peggy, With children and grandchildren et al. In village (school, church, neighbors, lovers, work); In nature, on the Land, on The Farm; In towns, cities, the military, government service; With […]

Study histories, social systems, anthropology, ecology. Look around. Perform “rapid appraisals”1 Locally and globally. Capitalism has torn social fabrics In China, India, Africa And of indigenous peoples In the Americas And all over the globe. Relatively non-regulated, neo-liberal capitalism (Embodied by Donald Trump, And the major reason Trump should not be looked to as a […]

I have many dreams I think Especially while I am awake.1 (Perhaps that is all I do. … Dream! It aggravates others. But it doesn’t bother me much.) Last night it was of the sparkling, dancing eyes Of Esmeralda Santos Ramirez The mother of Yony and Rafael Martinez, Grandmother of mi compadre Luis Romero’s wife […]

Soy gallina. … I chickened out this very week ! Simply because … There were a few disruptions of PEACE In Managua … At time when the whole Eaarth is disrupted And desperately needs empathy and healing. I missed the opportunity To work in Totogalpa, Nicaragua At another level With a very real, knowledgeable, and […]

“We are much better [off] than we were 250 years ago.” from a friend I dearly love (in spite of his Eaarth*-denial). ………………… “We … (are much better [off]”) … Is ME! “‘I’ am much better [off].” … Not WE. Not those of potentially-wonderful, life-teeming organic topsoil Covered with asphalt and concrete And massive edifices […]