Umbrella Not Required
May 4, 2013An email yesterday from my daughter in Minneapolis, in part: Yeah, the weather! I thought it was over and then it started snowing again. . . This has been the longest winter of my life!…
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socially insecure — ‘the cat food index’
April 14, 2013One recent political, ricochet-rabbit-bombshell has been President Obama’s budget proposal — bits of it leaked two weeks ago, the whole shebang officially released last Wednesday — parts of which include cuts to Social Security through…
Not on a fool’s errand
April 1, 2013A brand-new week and a brand-new month — and no foolish jokes this Monday morning as we all try to be more smart than sorry. High overcast here on California’s north coast, but that’s just…
eternity yesterday
March 8, 2013Clear and cold this Friday morning, but not as cold as it should be — this winter so far has been easy and mild up here along California’s north coast. Weather is like a successful…
‘Very scary, very ugly’
March 7, 2013Cold and a bit overcast this Thursday morning on California’ north coast and so far for us on the Pacific beach this current system has spared the worse. Out east (hah!), a huge storm has hit the…
‘Ashamed’
March 6, 2013(Illustration found here). Raining pretty good this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast and it’s supposed to keep it up the next few days. Despite the inconvenience, it’s not so bad and we need the…
Monday potpourri
March 4, 2013Another Monday morning, and just no way around it — overcast and a bit chilly on California’s north coast with some real-winter weather due here this evening and tomorrow. We’re forecast for hail and even…
Incongruity of Ignorance
February 28, 2013Rainy, fog-bound, but warm this Thursday morning on California’s north coast as we trip lightly to the end of another month. And with the calender comes a shitload of stuff the average, walking-around American will…
Seclusion of sanity
February 23, 2013Next Friday — the snap-cut heard all around DC. Despite Village headmaster Bob Woodward’s assertion President Obama “owns” the up-coming sequester, Republicans are the source. Obama called ’em out in his speech this morning: “Are Republicans…
Conundrum — Riddler on the roof
February 22, 2013Clear and cold again this Friday morning and the big winter storm expected from earlier this week hasn’t panned out as bad as originally figured. Of course, nothing like the horror show now engulfing middle America…