Monday Bridge to Lunacy
January 13, 2014Clear and much-more chilly this early Monday than the last few days — up here on California’s north coast we’ve had unseasonal warm weather due to rain over the weekend, but apparently starting today it’s…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
‘Scary’
January 12, 2014Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the suicide death of Aaron Swartz, Internet activist and one of the builders of Reddit, who was then facing federal hacking charges. And yesterday, a fitting memory — from…
‘The Rain in Seville is Marvelous’
January 12, 2014High overcast and way-quiet this early Sunday morning on California’s north coast — we had some rain, and that some rain is gone. Although we received a strong downpour for a little while yesterday, the…
Rich Rulers
January 10, 2014Drizzling rain this early Friday on California’s north coast as we finally get ready to finish the first full work week of the new year. And with the sprinkle, the air is warmer — which…
Ugly Underneath, Too
January 9, 2014High overcast and quiet this Thursday morning on California’s north coast — outside everything is still damp, but the rain. Not much moisture produced this round for a state in a state of drought. Meanwhile,…
Smoke and Liquor
January 8, 2014Overcast, foggy and damp this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and although there’s moisture in the air, it ain’t rain. Or what we want to be considered rain — yesterday afternoon, last night, at…
Frigid Weather — ‘Counterintuitive’ Warming
January 7, 2014Clear and cold this Tuesday morning here on California’s north coast, but: In northern Minnesota right now, the temperature has dipped to a staggering -42 F. The chill is running so deep in the North…
‘Non-fat Latte for George Orwell’
January 6, 2014Despite all my weeping, gnashing of what teeth I’ve got left and screaming at the walls last night, here we are again on a Monday. Again, too, it’s cold and clear on California’s north coast…
Hot-House Icicle
January 5, 2014(Illustration: Alder Point Road in southern Humboldt County, about a two-hour drive slightly southeast of the northern coast, taken Feb. 24, 2011, and found at Kim Sallaway Photography). “Polar Vortex!” A couple of words used…
Terror
January 3, 2014A nightmarish cauldron is mushrooming out of control in Iraq, and apparently there’s not anything to be done. Bloody mess George Jr. cooked up, then left on the grill to burn — from the Washington…