Foggy and overcast this way-too-early Monday with another work week staring me straight in the face — the only consolation is it will be Friday again before anyone really notices. Time seems to slow just a hair on the weekend, then blasts off again into the week. Little-known off-the-wall factoid: The average respondent in the survey spent 34 minutes moaning on a Monday morning, compared to just 22 minutes during Read More ...
Despite all that I could do, it’s Monday again — the weekend ends way-too quick. Clear skies, however, and quiet here on California’s north coast. And we start another plunge into what’s called ‘making a living,’ which depends deeply on the key word, ‘living,’ and will work our asses off for the next five days until we strike Friday afternoon in the face. No surprises in store except continual shock Read More ...
Clear skies with a fingernail moon hanging in the dark, quiet with just a hint of the rumble in the Pacific Ocean a couple of miles away — up here on California’s north coast we’ve been experiencing some most-delightful weather the last few days. A high of 70 degrees is forecast for today, and the same through the weekend — 77 set for tomorrow — and for us this is Read More ...
A clear, beautiful early Wednesday morning here on California’s north coast, and as the half-moon hangs in the southern sky, the sound of the peaceful Pacific can be heard raging in the distance — only a couple of miles. A scene of ease and tranquility. Maybe in the mind, buddy. Mark Twain, ever the delightful pundit: “Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But Read More ...
Slightly overcast this way-early Monday on California’s north coast, and a bit on the warm side as we begin without further delay, another freakin’ work week. Work, work, toil and trouble — a money chase without real reason. The aim of work in the US the last goodly-half century has been upward mobility, but, yipes! Life has become a bottom-dwelling achievement: The researchers made a striking finding: The U.S. middle class, Read More ...
Well, here it is again, another early Monday on California’s north coast with the skies nearly clear, and maybe even more warm than it will be in a couple of hours. And after a too-short weekend, it appears time itself has gone nuts — crazy being the egg that fried the golden goose. And speaking of ironic crazy: A Texas man used a gun to commit suicide in the infield Read More ...
Nearly clear skies this early Friday, though, more rain is expected for us up here along California’s north coast, and it’s a bit chilly outside, too. One anniversary yesterday was nearly forgotten by most of the media — even I forgot it and it has more meaning for me beyond a big, huge scare: The drama began at 4 a.m. on Three Mile Island, located in the middle of Susquehanna Read More ...
High overcast and fairly warm relatively speaking this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, and we did get some rain in the evening yesterday, more is expected today, and the rest of the week. The wet we can use as this area so far this year been 25 to 35 percent of normal for rain, an opposite to the norm – Weather service hydrologist Reginald Kennedy: “We started out in December Read More ...
Overcast and quiet this early Wednesday morning here on California’s north coast — either low clouds or high fog, I can’t tell the difference only that there’s no stars in sight. And this the middle of the fabled work-week and a lot of garbage has piled up by now. The first two days is for toilet training. As this no-longer new year moves along, the frost bite of intolerable, bi-polar Read More ...
Razor cuts the throat all the time — and all that jazz. Those highly-intelligent ‘sequester’ budget cuts are also striking the musical heart — up here on California’s north coast the US Air Force Band won’t be doing tooting its horns this year at the fabled Redwoods Coast Jazz Festival due to f*cked-up funding. Not only will jazz-festival fans miss out, but local high school band students will also lose an opportunity Read More ...
