‘Fire on the Mountain’
August 25, 2013Rain lightly-spattered windows this early Sunday on California’s north coast, but now a couple hours later, outside is just foggy and wet — an observation made from the confines of my back patio, of course.…
Category Archives: Cloud Gazing
In the Red
August 20, 2013I hadn’t been aware of this particular day — today: Earth Overshoot Day 2013. Either I wasn’t paying attention, or missed it, or something. An odd celebratory event without much celebrating — well, actually none…
News that Fits
August 20, 2013A bit on the chilly side this early Tuesday along California’s north coast, a change from what’s been happening weather-wise around here the last few weeks. Although the temperatures expected to be back in the…
Happenstance Reality
August 17, 2013(Illustration: Wolfgang Bloch‘s The Colors of Coincidence found here). An oddity this Saturday morning on California’s north coast: Clear skies and bright, early sunshine. The norm for dawn is deep fog, like yesterday when the…
Journalism Go!
August 14, 2013After working in several newspaper newsrooms in my long-ago-formal journalism career, and although there’s been some ugly motions the last few years crying a dooms-day end to old fashioned media, modern life might be aiding…
‘live with fire’
August 11, 2013Life in the nowadays — dry-heat finds a spark. Especially west of the Mississippi, including even up here along California’s north coast — although living right on the Pacific Ocean with sea breezes does keep…
‘On the other side’
August 7, 2013Here we are mid-week again, with fog and gloom this early Wednesday, but at least we’re on the gravitational pull to the weekend. Hard-hitting environmental report came out yesterday, but if anyone has been keeping…
Scare the scared
August 6, 2013Foggy and still this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, but if our weather trend continues, sunshine and clear skies will be on tap for later today. Air wise, northern California is currently under a…
Where’s the motivation? — Crash!
August 5, 2013In the world of way-big-time journalism, some snags are expected — and some not expected at all. The crash last Friday of my blog is apparently bigger than was first noted. It seems there’s a…
Weekend Memory Jolt
August 4, 2013Another Sunday morning and the news-crawl continues — foggy, chilly and gloomy here on California’s north coast. Watching ‘Good Morning America,’ not paying much attention to the detail-drone, just hearing somewhat-structured noise — a low-level clamor to…