Fly of Fear
May 14, 2015Off-white sunshine this afternoon on California’s north coast, with no rain appearing on the horizon, just a bit of low, misty fog. Windy, too, creating a chill-bite to the air, but par for these recent…
Category Archives: Musings
Eight Years Afterwards
April 24, 2015Sometime this morning will mark eight years since this blog — ‘Compatible Creatures‘ — appeared online, and ironically continues hopefully beyond the next typed word or two. We entered the InterWebs early on April 24,…
Hurrah! Monday Again!
April 13, 2015Thick and gray, layered-looking clouds cloak my little view along California’s north coast this early Monday — creates a gray, unimaginative wet perspective. Indeed, the NWS says maybe some light drizzle later today, and rain…
Emily’s ‘Loaded Gun’
March 18, 2015Bright, wind-blown sunshine this Wednesday afternoon along a small patch of California’s north coast — clear til the weekend, supposedly, then rain on-and-off until the middle of next week. Posting later than normal during the…
Snow Shades
December 18, 2014In the vast scope of weather, location is key. Last week, my youngest daughter, Melissa, moved for-some-reason from here in Humboldt County, California, to Kansas City, Missouri, and the shift in the environment is way-notable.…
Cento di questi giorni! Sophia!
September 20, 2014Foggy and gray this early Saturday on California’s north coast, and the beat goes on. In the ugly mists of current events — odd, violent and bad — flooding a weekend/news cycle-dump, I was awash…
Today in the Morning
September 4, 2014Early Thursday here on California’s north coast, and maybe a seasonal-change forewarned — a crisp, clarity in the air this morning, ocean sound-waves from the Pacific quickly/easily recognized, and seemingly awhile since the last time…
Fake that Smile!
July 15, 2014Thick ground fog and a deep quiet this early Tuesday on California’s north coast in a typical weather scenario for the area — misty wet until about noon, then sunshine. And in the mid-60s, which…
Insomnious Insidious
July 13, 2014Crying into a sleepless dark is usually part-n-parcel of episodic insomnia, at least for me, when about a hundred-trillion self-scurrilous thoughts, mostly-redundant, yet savagely fighting each other for dominance, finally finish their shitty work, and…
Regret
June 9, 2014Clear and beautiful this way-too-early Monday on California’s north coast as the weekend is now history and we have to face the musical notes of a work week. Light is faint in the rising dawn,…