War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Foggy and chilly this early Saturday on California’s north coast — an ordinary start to this three-day Labor Day weekend. But who’s counting? Always kind of moist here on the rim of the Pacific Ocean, but a few feet inland and heat takes a turn for the worse. In the dry-midst of a continuing drought,…
Fog-gray and quiet this Friday morning on California’s north coast — in the really, really-recent past, a Friday would be considered a joyous, near-holiday for the end of a work week was here, but now as a “retired” person, it’s just another frolic in the life. Supposedly, every day is Friday — if I want…
Deep ground fog this early Thursday on California’s north coast — not like just awhile ago when it appeared we might actual receive some sunshine with sunrise. Dawn was nearly clear, even a few sprinkling of stars could be seen off in the eastern skies, and, there was a whisper of an red-orange glow just…
A seemingly obvious conclusion probably known for a generation — from Medical News Today: After assessing couples’ first 9 years of marriage, the researchers found that husbands and wives who used marijuana frequently – two or three times per month or more – exhibited less frequent intimate partner violence (IPV) instigation by the husbands. Anyone…
Fog again this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, nothing new but the morning. Still considered in the ‘Partly Cloudy’ genre of weather forecasts, we could top 70 degrees today and the warmth could continue for the rest of the week. My week, though, ends today. This morning ends my more-than seven-year employment at ‘Cask…
A huge, banner head at the top of HuffPost this afternoon quickly snapped at me — ‘Here…Human-caused…Already dangerous…Likely irreversible,’ and with that last word knew it had something to do with climate change. And sure enough, the latest draft of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as been leaked to the media, and like…
Fog and chilly here on California’s north coast this early Tuesday as the world stumbles on through the work week. Typical summer fare for the area, usually sunshine and a brisk afternoon wind to follow the fog. Yesterday, though, the script didn’t alter itself and stayed overcast and cool all day — weather weird. And…
Sucking water out of parched land may not be the best move in an already-congested earthquake country — this afternoon, the Bay Area is apparently on the mend after Sunday’s 6.0 earthquake jarred the shit out of Napa, injured more than 100 people and tore-up some old buildings — at the estimated tune of $1…
Fog and quiet this way-early Monday on California’s north coast and modern life continues somewhat unabated. As the Napa Valley down south of us cleans itself up after a 6.0 earthquake yesterday morning — already estimated to have caused $1 billion in damages — there’s another forest fire to the east that could become another…
A way-ordinary, routine-acting morning-fog environment for here on California’s north coast, but just three/four hours south, Sunday came early with a bang for the graveyard shift: Erica Gregory, who was brewing coffee while working by herself at the 24-hour Shell gas station on Highway 29 in Vallejo, said items started to fly off the shelves…
