What’s That Stink?
December 3, 2013Clear and more than chilly this Tuesday morning up here on California’s north coast, and it seems we’re in for some cold — the high today is expected to be less than 50 degrees, and…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
News PM Punch — ‘Doomsday’ Collection
December 2, 2013Haze filled with rain blankets California’s north coast this Monday afternoon — light sprinkle it might appear at first feel, but this type precipitation is way-deceiving — it will soak you to-the-bone in seconds. And…
Monday Vapors
December 2, 2013Ground fog with a drizzling rain this way-early Monday on California’s north coast, and the end to round one of a not-so-fabulous holiday season. This year might be a crazy yuletide. Despite the expansion of…
Iraq — ‘Near Future is Dark’
December 1, 2013(Illustration: A little Iraqi girl contemplates horror, Basra, Iraq, March 30, 2003, found here). Pushed further and further back in current history, the nightmare that’s Iraq is way-off the anywhere-near mainstream news cycle these days…
News PM Punch
November 29, 2013Bright sunshine, coupled with what I’d call a chilly wind, and we’re having another fine, clear afternoon up here on California’s north coast — this particular one code-named Black Friday. An example of loony-gullible and…
Black the Friday
November 29, 2013Clear with stars twinkling this early Friday on California’s north coast as we grind on through a four-day holiday of excess and salesmanship. And it’s Black Friday for the gullible and greedy. Cher has the…
News PM Punch — ‘Zero Option’
November 28, 2013A sky full of bright sunshine blended with a mild breeze this afternoon on California’s north coast — even with a slight chill, it’s nice. And circulating high on the news cycle this PM appears…
Turnkey Turkey
November 28, 2013High haze in the air this way-early Thursday on California’s north coast, a misty-fingernail of a moon is imprinted in the east on a dark background with few stars seen twinkling in the sky. Turkey…
News PM Punch — ‘Tossing the Turkey’ at Walmart
November 27, 2013A mixture of clouds and fog create “haze” this afternoon on California’s north coast, with sunshine every-once-in-a-while appearing through the dull. A bit on the cool side, but not unpleasantly so. News hounds are barking…
Falling, falling…
November 27, 2013High-wispy clouds with a semi-clear sky this early Wednesday on California’s north coast with the moon hanging like a chewed fingernail far to the east. The day before Turkey Day and all is quiet —…