Summer Serenade: Time Break!
August 22, 2025Some music to whip us into shape here this mid-day Friday in California’s Central Valley — hot as shit outside right now with deep, clear sunshine coupled with a 90-degree temp on the way to…
Category Archives: Cloud Gazing
‘Heat Dome’ Ahead — Summer’s Here Already!
June 3, 2024Heavy-weighed warmth despite a semi-overcast sky this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley with clear-yellow sunshine occasionally brightening the landscape, though, the tone is more muted than actually considered anywhere near hot. A gentle,…
Birthday! An Old Guy Way-Quickly Gets Much Older
November 29, 2023I’m 75-years old today, and was freakin’ born on a Monday — WTF! (Image found here.) In the passion of time, today was formed from just yesterday, or maybe 1978 (when I was 30). Seemingly,…
Shelter In Saturday Songs & Rhythms (Or Not)
October 21, 2023In an attempt to escape, or at least push aside for a short while, the heinous news of the nowadays, I went for another musical broad-stroke to lighten the load just a bit and focus…
A Change In The Weather — Happy To Sad
February 22, 2023An occasional bright shine slices through white and thick, furry clouds this early-afternoon Wednesday in California’s Central Valley, a distinct change from earlier today. When I took Leroy for his daily walk the sky was…
Climate Change: Another Warning ‘Our Weather Will Become More Extreme’ With Continued Addiction To Fossil Fuels — US Leads The Way To Disaster
May 11, 2022Breezy and cool this near-mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — weather just about out of sync with normal reality. Reportedly, we’ll see a 30-degree rise in temperatures by Saturday as the ‘whiplash,’ lopsided…
Sunday Serenade: ‘This Laugh’s On Me’
March 13, 2022Despite a shitload of shit happening all over on many levels and subjects, I doomscrolled on the InterWebs until my fingers wept and concluded the nowadays is an enigma wrapped in a riddle painted by…
Sunday Serenade — Big Screen Opening-Music Memories
February 6, 2022Instead of political bullshit — surfed the InterWebs this afternoon/early evening, but nothing odd or significant to catch the eye — I instead listened to the main title of one of my way-most-favorite movies, “Lawrence…
Climate Change Creatively Continues
February 6, 2022(Illustration: Graph per NASA/JPL-Caltech, and found here). Bright sunshine and warming temps this near-mid-day Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, another beauty seemingly ahead of its time. The state has been in a perpetual cycle…
Time Off Part Near-Finish: ‘Galleys’ Edit Edtion
January 29, 2022Here this near-mid-day Saturday a notice I’ll be taking some ‘time off‘ from blog writing again to continue with the editing of my soon-to-be-published first novel, “Brown-Eyed Girl With A Cold Corona” — my last…