Smoke and Liquor
January 8, 2014Overcast, foggy and damp this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and although there’s moisture in the air, it ain’t rain. Or what we want to be considered rain — yesterday afternoon, last night, at…
Category Archives: Cloud Gazing
Frigid Weather — ‘Counterintuitive’ Warming
January 7, 2014Clear and cold this Tuesday morning here on California’s north coast, but: In northern Minnesota right now, the temperature has dipped to a staggering -42 F. The chill is running so deep in the North…
Hot-House Icicle
January 5, 2014(Illustration: Alder Point Road in southern Humboldt County, about a two-hour drive slightly southeast of the northern coast, taken Feb. 24, 2011, and found at Kim Sallaway Photography). “Polar Vortex!” A couple of words used…
Bored?
January 3, 2014Crystal-clear and cold again this Friday morning here on California’s north coast as we wedge deeper into the new year. Not that 2014 will see anything of retentive value to aid in warding off all…
Simple-Minded String Theory
January 2, 2014Occasional sunshine and a bit warmer than usual this afternoon on California’s north coast — not bad by any means, but way-different than the US Northeast, where right now 22 states and 100 million people…
Visitations of Insanity
January 2, 2014Crystal-clear and cold this early Thursday on California’s north coast as we transverse into a brand new, just-like the old year. We made the national news yesterday, and most-likely today, too. And it ain’t good…
Rabbit-hole, Ho!
January 1, 2014Thick ground fog and chilly this way-too-early Wednesday here on California’s north coast, and really quiet. This the first day of 2014 — and your point? This past year, it seems to me, has to…
Fuk!
December 31, 2013Darkly-overcast with a chilly wind this afternoon on California’s north coast, but more compelling is what’s happening way-west, to the Far East and Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant — more trouble apparently right now, maybe serious…
The End…of 2013
December 31, 2013High clouds and a bit chilly again this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast, the final day of the year and the last we’ll see of them days. A whole-lot of shit will continue, though,…
STP-n-Speed
December 30, 2013.An icon of American motor sports, Andy Granatelli died yesterday at age 90. A generation ago he was at the heart of US folklore — STP stickers seemed everywhere, with Granatelli becoming a household name.…