War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Ground fog and darkness this early, way-too-soon Monday — and this morning, along with the night, no electrical power. Although it’s been a long while since there’d been any kind of power outage around here, it’s still not any fun waking up to a deep–dark. The clock radio was silent and with no little light…
Last Friday 40 years ago, Dick Nixon quit. He babbled a few words, jumped on a helicopter after performing his standard idiot’s wave, and flew home to somewhere near the house his daddy built. I watched most of the episode, or at least the most-dramatic parts, on varied-sized television screens in the TV-repair department at…
Fog and overcast again here on California’s north coast, but the ordinary is punched out of significance by it being Friday — yipee, yipee. Days seem to get shorter and shorter — weeks and months seemingly even faster. This is the most-interesting, and most-terrifying little period in recent world history. Seemingly, the entire earth is…
Fog bound Thursday morning here on California’s north coast, and quiet. Only folks up right now are insomniacs, meth-heads and me. At least the weekend is only hours away. Life nowadays appears as if on a fault line — if the heat don’t get you, Ebola will. Fright off all kinds of shit boil up…
Deep ground fog this early Wednesday here on California’s north coast, and a bit on the chilly side, as we clutch our way on down through the work week. Hard to fathom the summer’s almost over, and fall is falling hard at us. History is past participle to the allusion of the future. In a…
Fog and a chill the main ingredients this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast as we work our way into the week. Nothing new, but everything. Still the big deal here on the Left Coast is heat — as in fire and as in temperature. There’s still a couple of big forest fires blazing in…
Another morning and another early Monday here on California’s north coast, and another fog-shrouded start to another work week — apparently, Saturday and Sunday never happened. Or did they? California is going through a rough patch — yesterday I posted about some of the wildfires burning in the northern part of the state, some under…
Blanket fog again this Sunday on California’s north coast — and if the shit remains the same (and it’s forecast to do so), in a couple of hours, sunshine and a cool ocean breeze. Conditions that make for a nice afternoon. An absolute-not-so just a few feet inland. Beyond the coastal environs, which could be…
Yesterday, a bridge created going nowhere: “We tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values. I understand why it happened. I think it’s important when we look back to recall how afraid people were after the Twin Towers fell, and the Pentagon had been hit, and a plane in Pennsylvania had…
Ground fog and a chilled air makes for an exciting early morning here on California’s north coast, and what makes this particular day so titillating is that it’s Friday! Frick, I been waiting for this. Events this week proves the US is not the exceptional place we were all told repeatedly it was, and not…
