A most-marvelous event this afternoon: My daughter, Hannah Maulden, graduated from Middle Tennessee State University. PROUD doesn’t describe the emotion. She’s spent nearly five years getting to this point and through hard work, and more…
I mentioned this last week and its approach (via National Geographic): An instrument near the summit of Mauna Loa in Hawaii has recorded a long-awaited climate milestone: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere…
High overcast and some low ground fog this way-early Friday up here on California’s north coast, and the air is fairly warm for the time. The weather has been about the same the last few…
Foggy and a bit on the chilly side this early Thursday on California’s north coast, no stars, no wind, no sound. So quiet, it must be quiet all over the world. Wrong! Much of the…
High fog, low drizzle this way-too-early Wednesday here on California’s north coast, creating a dull-bummer this morning, despite the speed of the week. Hard to imagine we’re already reaching the weekend’s gravity pull. And internal-combustion…
Overcast and warm this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — we had some rain yesterday and last night, but not enough to really feel the wet. Although the banging was pretty strong when I…
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…
(Illustration of Ulf Buschmann‘s ‘Laundromat‘ found here). Again another Sunday, Now this morning bright sunshine and warm — storms toiling elsewhere. Oh, for sure back at the laundromat, Weekly visits to thee I sing, Just…
Just when you thought George Jr. was even close to being pretty, a couple of horror-shots of his legacy loom large. The first: The escalating violence has residents of Baghdad stocking up on rice, vegetables…
An email yesterday from my daughter in Minneapolis, in part: Yeah, the weather! I thought it was over and then it started snowing again. . . This has been the longest winter of my life!…