Quaker
October 3, 2014Another decent-size earthquake in the vicinity just a little while ago — a 4.2 on the Richter, about 126 miles from me, northwest in the Pacific Ocean, due west of the Oregon/California border. I hadn’t felt…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Job Racket
October 3, 2014Clear, clean and a bit chilly this early Friday on California’s north coast — and really bright, too. We’re forecast for warmth, but here near-directly on the shoreline, those ocean breezes keep the high degrees…
Dream Middle!
October 2, 2014Part-n-parcel on the road to the Great American Dream (via the Washington Post): But then there are deeper factors at work. The economy has gotten bigger, but much of that growth hasn’t reached the middle…
Gonzo and the SS
October 2, 2014Near-crystal clear this early Thursday on California’s north coast, bright sunshine tempered by a chilled breeze — scheduled for the mid-70s today, maybe even 80 tomorrow. Odd, a frost advisory just a few miles inland.…
Age of Old
October 1, 2014Another sunshine-splashed afternoon, flavored with a fairly-chilled breeze — otherwise, near picture perfect. Old people. I’m now into my second month of retirement, and sort of weird as shit, peculiar only in passing. Yet at…
Walrus and the ‘Elementary Penguin’
October 1, 2014Sunshine and warm — maybe the forecast guys were right and the north coast of California could experience a gorgeous-weather day — a Wednesday and the first of a new month. And temperatures could be…
Oily Repugnance
September 30, 2014Intense sunshine this afternoon and a pleasant, comfortable wind — gorgeous! One more for the Left Coast: California is the first to ban plastic bags at the state level. Gov. Moonbeam Brown signed the law…
Reality Numbers
September 30, 2014Clear and chilly this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — we’re forecast for some warm weather the next few days, supposedly near 80 tomorrow. Here so near the shoreline, though, all bets are either…
Era End
September 29, 2014Monday morning overcast and chilly on California’s north coast — sunshine later on is in the forecast. Maybe, maybe not. In the ugly business of news gathering, this was historically sad: Former Washington Post editor Ben…
Wind ‘Stilling’
September 28, 2014Overcast with a fog-like damp chill here early Sunday on California’s north coast — and a little-bit of a breeze, too. A logical lede to a surprise story I spied only this morning about climate,…