War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast and awaiting some forecast rain this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast — right now, warm and quiet. And once again, the spark of ‘shock and awe’ in darkness as the US started its bombing campaign against ISIS, the initial strikes aimed at command centers in Syria: “This is the punch in the nose…
Overcast and quiet this early Monday on California’s north coast — outside my apartment the world seems slow in moving, as if putting off a hardscrabble reality a few minutes longer. And the forecast does call for more rain this week, starting maybe as early as tonight, and getting fairly heavy by Wednesday — or…
Some non-comedic events the last couple days with security drama on the West Wing. Or at least close enough, and spiced with some insightful crazy. Via USAToday about the guy who jumped the White House fence on Friday, sprinted 70 yards to the front door and manged to get inside before he was subdued: The Associated…
Dark-thirty still this Sunday morning on California’s north coast — fog dwells deep around streetlights, and life is way-freaking quiet. Time really flows away writing a post for my blog here — right now it’s a little after six o’clock, probably near an hour away from first light, and most-likely will be eight, or nine…
Foggy 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 this morning with a fresh, pleasantly-nice, tingly sensation (way-rare nowadays) upon discovery today is the birthday of one my all-time,…
Ground fog, and most-likely way up in the dark, there’s overcast skies here on California’s north coast — Friday morning; and ain’t we just burning the shit right-through September? And 2014? A whole year — nearly gone already. A near-three-week retiree, I haven’t felt any time-travel slow-down either. And I do practically nothing, which blows…
Overcast still, but no rain showers, though, dark as shit in the early afternoon. Modern life sometimes appears asshole-contradictory — Cheetah this: A study found that the violence displayed by chimpanzees was not caused by human disturbances, but rather the behavior is innate to the species. We don’t corrupt everything on this planet, just mostly…
Sharp, peek-a-boo sunshine this Thursday morning here on California’s north coast, with some thick-shadowed clouds lurking about — we’re forecast for more rain today, mostly in the AM, but this being a narrow shoreline zone, weather can become ordinary-irregular real quick, though, we’re predicted to get maybe a tenth-to-quarter-of-an-inch. The only early rainfall count I…
In a surprised space this afternoon, the north coast of California is recipient of some soft and gentle rain — the first of the season, but like all moisture nowadays, it sounds good and is wet awhile. Dark and overcast, the sprinkles sporadic but left a fresh wetness different from fog — a scent of…
Overcast with a bit of ground fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — onward we go! Earlier this month, the US Department of Agriculture reported nearly 50 million Americans live in households with ‘food insecurity,’ or sometimes there’s just not enough to go around. Via Mother Jones and the bottom line: All of…
