Quake Quickly
January 1, 2015Clear, cold and still dark-thirty this early Thursday, the first morning of 2015, at least here on California’s north coast, still three hours shy of the east and Times Square. Surfing through the news as…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
‘Oild Lang Syne’
December 31, 2014Bright sunshine and chilly air this afternoon here on California’s north coast, as another year wraps down. Big surprise for 2014 — price at the pump. Since I don’t travel much, or very far, been nearly…
So Cold It’s Hot
December 31, 2014Clear and cold this way-too-early Wednesday here along California’s north coast — the last day of 2014. And to an old guy, anyway, a chill-ass ending to the year. Relatively-weirdly speaking, of course: ‘Las Vegas…
Watershed Year — Again
December 30, 2014(Note: This is a re-post of mine from seven years ago, and as it’s end of the year again, appropriate in these timeline-memory stories. The original piece appeared here — my way-abandoned Website — on Dec.…
Hypnagogic Actuality
December 30, 2014Clear and cold this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — right now about 35 degrees, with a high of maybe the low-50s, but supposedly a lot of sun. Seems to have gotten colder, quicker…
‘Radical’ Shark Attack
December 29, 2014Amongst the news items this morning, an incident yesterday of the ‘all’s-well-that-ends-well’ genre after a 50-year-old surfer dude’s encounter with a great white shark — and in my old home waters. Kevin Swanson was surfing…
Middle-Class Dreams
December 29, 2014Despite a beautiful, sunshine-filled early morning, Monday afternoon finds itself wet once again — rain here on California’s north coast as the NWS terms it ‘isolated rain showers,’ but as reality reveals, it’s not all…
‘W’ War Avocation
December 28, 2014Bright and full of sunshine this Sunday afternoon on California’s north coast — still a bit on the chilly side, though. White, big-fluffy clouds paints a wind-blown sky looking-like winter. On occasion, when those clouds…
Idiot’s Napoleon
December 27, 2014Cold and clear, and tons of sunshine this early Saturday on California’s north coast — supposed to be sunny through next week. Wait-and-see, of course. Another story I’d seen a few days ago, and just…
Pellucid and Peculiar
December 26, 2014Clear, clean sunshine this Friday morning on California’s north coast — not a cloud in sight, and frost on nearby rooftops, first time this year, I recollect. Thirty-three degrees reportedly within the hour right now,…