War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
After months of ignorance, my first photo off my digital camera I purchased ten months ago — a standard, low-tech and supposedly simple Vivitar DVR 410, but apparently still beyond my grasp. In all the instructions and whatnot, nary a word on an ‘external memory card,’ which puts the plain in ‘simple.’ A friend of…
Last night, in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, The Donald was faced by this statement-question off a guy from the audience (via NPR): ‘“We have a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one…”‘ The Donald hacked all around the question about Obama, stringing off into serious-sounding…
Another bright, sunshine afternoon on California’s north coast, rain now only a quick-memory as temperatures are expected to go warm again, especially in the interior valleys — still, ocean-breeze cool along the shoreline with some location-highs supposedly in the low-70s. And of California’s “super” saver (via the Washington Post): ‘“El Niño is a cruel system,”…
Although some ‘isolated showers‘ are forecast for this Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast, right now it’s warm with big, fluffy clouds and lots of sunshine. Rainfall totals for our area aren’t available yet, but we felt a couple episodes of heavy downpours yesterday, and I could hear rain pattering early this morning. Hopefully the…
In wake of a massive, 8.3 earthquake off the coast of central Chile this afternoon, the NOAA has placed California under a tsunami alert with most shoreline from Newport Beach in Orange County to Port San Luis in San Luis Obisbo County supposedly predicted to experience less than a foot of sea surge. And supposedly, too,…
Actual, real rain this early Wednesday, splashing across California’s north coast, and not just here, but this is a supposedly-goodly storm for northern California, bringing some way-needed wet. Rainfall totals along the shoreline are hard to judge, but from weather maps, the wet looks real-wet for all of the region, and some strong winds, maybe…
Overcast and humid near-noon Tuesday on California’s north coast, and although there’s rain forecast for tonight, earlier this morning was bright sunshine and clear skies. However, it didn’t take long for the cloud coverage to envelope us, and here along the shoreline we’re predicted for less than half-an-inch of rain in this the first ‘serious’…
Thickly-overcast this near-noon Monday on California’s north coast — actually felt the first drop of rain this season walking back from Safeway earlier, a quick-dash on my hand, then a light, but obvious pelting for a few minutes. Although forecasters were calling for rain tomorrow night, usually it comes sooner. This week, a fast-moving storm…
UPDATE this morning Last night, California legislators in Sacramento did actually pass what’s now been dubbed the, “Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act” — from our local Times-Standard, and North Coast state Sen. Mike McGuire: ‘“This was a heavy lift by all involved, but the top priority for the Senate and the Assembly and the…
Heavy fog again this Friday morning on California’s north coast in a repeat of yesterday’s early weather, and if the plan goes accordingly, we’ll soon have clear skies with a warm afternoon. Of course, today is the 14th anniversary of the World Trade Center horror — and the feelings of all Americans are caught up…
