War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Thick-gray overcast this early Monday on California’s north coast, supposedly a rain-off-and-on episode this week, about 40 percent today, down to a ‘chance‘ rest of the time. Rain/snow water is a major-major topic in California, but actually it’s more of a ‘tale of two droughts,’ as statewide reservoirs go dry, our own uniquely full Ruth Lake has…
Overcast and still dark this early Sunday on California’s north coast, and quiet. We seem to keep missing the rain, the NWS forecasts today as ‘partly sunny,’ but maybe a 40-percent ‘chance‘ of showers tomorrow afternoon. Unlike this downpour nightmare — in Australia the rain was of spiders. From last Thursday’s The Sydney Morning Herald:…
Sunshine mingled in with a lot of free-floating clouds this Saturday afternoon on California’s north coast, and once again the weekend, which since retirement, not my favorite day-episodes of the week. Long overdue. Science examines the “contact high” (or “buzz“) — from New York Magazine on Thursday and ‘“…the first study … to examine the…
Sunshine and windy again this afternoon on California’s north coast — still no rain in sight. Amazing how much scientific research is conducted on just about every element of our planet’s environment — this morning a report again confirming our planet is indeed getting warmer, especially the air closest to the ground. Via Reporting Climate…
Thick, darkly-gray outside this way-too-early Friday on California’s north coast — most-likely low clouds submerged with ground fog (if there’s such a circumstance) to create a moist, vaporous and uncomfortable-looking morning. We were forecast for some pretty-decent rain the middle of this week, but it failed to materialize, beyond the spattering on Monday, and the…
Off-white sunshine this afternoon on California’s north coast, with no rain appearing on the horizon, just a bit of low, misty fog. Windy, too, creating a chill-bite to the air, but par for these recent afternoons, not at all unpleasant. Odd item I saw this morning (in an era of odd items) was a new…
Hazy-white light from the east goes for sunshine on an early Thursday here on California’s north coast, as the rain predicted is supposedly still coming — according to the NWS, storms reportedly will form this morning over the interior, eastward in the Redding area, and then circular-like, be wind-driven our way in the afternoon. Rain…
Sunshine filtered through a shifting overcast this afternoon on California’s north coast, thin-stringy clouds obviously propelled by a chilled northern wind — draft of which to an old guy feels more frosty every few minutes. I just might have to soon shut down my apartment’s ventilation system, and close the windows early today. Way-not unpleasant…
Overcast and chilly this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — the NWS forecasts ‘isolated showers,’ which is short for ‘on-n-off drizzle,’ though, we’re scheduled for some decent downpour any time starting right about now. Anyone living near a shoreline feels the influence of the wind, which is generally temperature-fueled by ocean water — a…
A bit of rare, interesting and nostalgic news today, producing a nice offset to the usual current gut-wrenching events, has been announcement of a new documentary, “Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans,” which will apparently include tons of gut-wrenching footage from the actor’s watershed of a movie. This yesterday from movie-trade publication, Variety: ‘The…
