Happy ‘planetary emergency’
January 1, 2013Clear and cold this first early morning of a new year here on California’s northern coast, the clear, bright moon hanging up in the eastern sky with just a bit chewed off one side. It’s…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Spoiler Alert: Crater
December 31, 2012Clear and cold this morning along California’s northern coast, this the absolute-last day of 2012, which in relation to previous years, wasn’t all that great, and apparently won’t end graciously, either. The word, “weather,” will…
milk toast
December 30, 2012As the dumb-ass, do-nothing group of US Senators coughed up the predictable result of a “major setback” Sunday evening on the lubriciously-imposed “fiscal cliff,” top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture…
Eve of the eve
December 30, 2012Crystal clear and covered in bright sunshine this early Sunday morning along California’s northern coast and on this extreme-last Sunday of 2012, the future beckons with skeletal fingers. And we’re hanging by the short hairs:…
washing the blues away
December 29, 2012(Illustration of Ulf Bushmann‘s ‘Laundromat‘ found here). ‘Laundromat‘ by Nivea Soap, Powder, Bleach, Towels, Fabric Softner, Dollars, Change, Pants, Socks, Dirty Drawers I’m Headed To The Laundromat And Let’s Not Forget The Food Stains, Dirt…
New Year’s Friday
December 28, 2012Heavy-overcast and chilly here this Friday morning along California’s northern coast, starting off the last weekend of 2012 — a year quickly, darkly. And don’t expect things to get better in three days — only…
Grease
December 27, 2012Another wet early-morn here on California’s northern coast and it appears it’s storming all over the US — back east, seven people have been killed, including two little children, as big winter-generated weather chaos churns…
One Ammo clip in hand is better than two in the classroom
December 26, 2012Raining again this morning along California’s northern coast — nothing to see here, let’s move along. Not so in the US Mid-west and South yesterday and more bad-weather shit is expected as the systems move…
‘Reality’s Exception’
December 25, 2012Or maybe it’s that fat-ass guy in the red costume: “You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on…
‘Call me irresponsible, call me crazy’
December 24, 2012Another Monday with clear skies this early morning along California’s northern coast, but that’s just a respite as storm systems keep on a-coming. Today is also special for another reason, but I can’t really figure…