If this is Saturday, then three days and counting until Tuesday. Although there’s still time left to make the right decision and vote, democracy is scrambling to stay afloat — despite losing an hour in…

(Illustration out front: ‘Twin Towers,’ by Preston Sandlin, and found here.) Another observance of one of America’s more recent, most-traumatic experiences — this morning marks the 21st anniversary of the first foreign attack on the US since…

In keeping with his ‘Big Fucking Deal’ of a presidency, Joe Biden today made a deep dive into the future — he finally announced nipping student loan debt, and although the action benefits all Americans…

A quick update on my novel, “Brown-Eyed Girl With A Cold Corona,” published back in March — I should have done this sooner, but here it is. Initial post on the publication here, and my…

Not surprising news, though, invalid if Vlad goes nuclear. Near mid-day Saturday here in California’s Central Valley and the war in Ukraine continues to meltdown the news cycle. In this case, preparations for handling an…

Some light rain this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley, maybe today’s sprinkles a small preview for the gushers expected statewide this coming weekend. The West Coast is forecast to experience a pincer-like weather…

Air gets way-weighty when it gets hot. Outside just minutes ago, with the temperature reportedly 104-degrees this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley, the air felt really, really heavy. And we’re forecast for triple-digits…

(Illustration: Satellite pix via Copernicus, the EU’s earth observation program, depicting the heatwave which blazed across Serbia this past weekend; image found here). Even as the Western US boiled this past week, and the Pacific…