we need to find a cure for our illness* (there’s a lot of work out there to do!)

MAKE MYSELF GREAT! MAKE MY TRIBE GREAT!! MAKE MY NATION GREAT!!! MAKE WHITE NATIONALISM GREAT!!!! MAKE AMERICA (you know the REAL AMERICA not … shithole central “america” or shithole south “america” or shithole mexico not … those … indigenous those … blacks, browns, and yellows) MAKE AMERICA GREAT!!!!! i am sick we are all very […]

“Poems” Generated During a Bicycle Ride, May 26, 2020*

Creekside Pressure they all write and read so well and I sound like hell when they ring the bell mine will never sell perhaps I’ll just go it and fail with the one about a farmer and a dell anyway … I’ll TRY! … and smell out a good tale. ………………….. Checkmate … Or Check […]

Memorial Day, 2020

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27858/10-things-remember-about-memorial-day …………………… My Dad Luther Alton Martin was a good and admirable man of whom I am proud. Uncle Oscar Bain Martin who I only know through stories–mostly from my Grandma Eva Martin and cousin Wanda Jo Dinklage–and letters he wrote, died a young man of integrity and virtue of whom I am also proud […]

Feeling Romantic in Rio’s Natureza

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 […]

Building on Matador Solidarity … and on Respect for Self & Community

“… 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 […]