Hot Water
November 1, 2013Another Friday — yippee! Clear this early morning on California’s north coast and in the words of the lady at my bank yesterday: “Tomorrow’s the first of November. What’s up with that?” Yeah, what’s that…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Scissor Sawbones
October 31, 2013Clear and way-chilly this way-early Thursday morning on California’s north coast, a quiet repose for one our more-dumb holidays — Halloween. Even with the good weather, business for the liquor store I manage has tanked…
Screamin’ Shame
October 30, 2013Clear and chilly again this way-early Wednesday on California’s north coast, the moon hanging like a bright fingernail in the eastern sky. This morning some ugly from DC — both came yesterday via the heavens.…
Everybody’s a Terrorist
October 29, 2013Clear and chilly this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — might be the same set-up as yesterday when fog rolled in just before dawn bringing some cold temperatures. But as in the nature of…
Angela’s Anguish
October 28, 2013In less than six short months, out has popped a storyline that just still won’t go away — America’s big spy agency is shown to be a cankered sore on a near-day-to-day basis. Now, the…
Murderous Monday
October 28, 2013Surprise, surprise on Monday morning — crystal-clear skies with twinkling stars, a rare sight for us here on California’s north coast the last few weeks. Until right now, fog and more fog. And a welcome…
Zero-Beer-Thirty — Fire or Sense
October 26, 2013As the entire planet goes to shit in a wire basket, this is a giggle — Thursday afternoon in Georgia, a quick-erupting fire forced eight people, including two children, to scramble for safety, but one of…
Snoop Dogs
October 25, 2013Here we are in one word — Friday! Chilly and overcast up here on California’s north coast as we gleefully trot off into the weekend. Despite a lot of other shit happening, the NSA soap…
Heat and History
October 24, 2013Some more bad noises today on the melting Arctic: “And it is really in the past 20 years that the warming signal from that region has been just stunning,” he added. “All of Baffin Island is…
Happy Meal — NRA Style
October 24, 2013High overcast this early Thursday on California’s north coast — we’re now so close to the weekend it’s not funny. And what’s not funny is guns and kids, what’s up with that? This week has…