(Illustration: From ‘The American Instructor.’ via American Antiquarian Society, and found here). In the shadow of this week’s SCOTUS bomb, the American scene has been in some kind of turmoil — hardcase cruelty exposing Republicans…
Sick place, America, right now. In much of our goings-on, there’s a shitload of cruelty, hypocrisy, and self-centered screaming against doing/being good to our fellow humans. A certain view disallows any other, with malice aforethought.…
Tidal wave, bomb, blow-out, and maybe hundreds of other words could have been used today to describe the SCOTUS leaked opinion from last night, and the punch back from everyone with a thought on the…
Near midday Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — still nice outside with a cool, refreshing wind, which without would be heat-filled catastrophic. Also on the humane ‘catastrophic‘ scale is the major news of the-now…
In the vast web of weird, there’s always a violent odd to take the cake — makes the weekend so enjoyable, and weirds out a Saturday evening. Self-possessed, self-centered know-it-all, and shitty, too, all in…
Overcast this early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — rain maybe tomorrow or Saturday, but we don’t expect to get very wet. Distracted and tired of the news cycle clamoring today and couldn’t really…
Sunshine this Monday early evening here in California’s Central Valley — we were forecast for some rain today but after a few hours of overcast, the clouds seemed to have disappeared and brightness will most-likely…
Noontime Friday here in California’s Central Valley. The weather’s ambiance is already warm touting, thus we’re looking at low-80s later this afternoon — heat the news. So be it — going beyond Ukraine, Putin and…
Sunshine and warmth this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. Spring has sprung so summer won’t be long in coming — words to weed. Meanwhile. Ukraine has tragic consequences beyond its borders. Today, UN…
Seemingly, our current time zone’s best descriptive word might be ‘unprecedented.’ Joining Vlad Putin’s ‘unprecedented‘ dangerous shit in Ukraine is a shocker in a field where the unusual has become commonplace for years — climate…