War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration found here). Sundown Wednesday here on California’s north coast, clear, dying-gray skies, touched along the westward edges with a little bright tinge, a sense of approaching dark. Chilly, though, as it’s been since about noon-time today when the icy-north wind arrived — earlier was easy warm, was hoping it would stay that way, but…
Maybe another hopeful sign of the rolling times — the White House press corp might finally be getting the hang. In yesterday’s first press briefing in 42 days, Huckleberry Sanders discovered reporters were on the push-back and bullshitting wasn’t going to cut it. Although I didn’t see the event live, a few clips of reporters…
(Illustration found here). A warm and bright Monday afternoon on California’s north coast. Despite temperatures only in the mid-50s around noon-time, the lack of any decent wind fostered a much-more-warmer feeling. Walking the dogs earlier out on Little River State Beach the air felt actually, ‘hot.’ Even if using that word too soon in the…
(Illustration: M.C. Escher’s ‘Tower of Babel,’ found here). Sunshine chilled by crispy-breezes this late-afternoon Sunday on California’s north coast, fully a gorgeous day, even despite a run-in earlier with some weather — walking the dogs on North Beach, still covered in bright sunlight, a big-ugly mass of dark, condensed water vapor appeared lumbering right for…
Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Seated Pierrot,’ found here). A small, tiny post this afternoon at one of my favorite sites, ‘Lawyers,Guns&Money,’ made me sad: In the recesses of the internet, there are still people plugging away on blogs. We are one of them! But as one of the few independent blogs with actual readership still in…
(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Les Deux Saltimbanques: l’Arlequin et Sa Compagne,’ found here). Nice to see a decent feeling in the air for the return of reality — even this early in the 2020 presidential competition, the T-Rump has apparently already shown he’s his own worse enemy: He’s united Americans in an effort to get rid…
Perfect allegoric for a messed-up era of the nowadays (great-h/t Susie): Worse episode in the way-worse production of the T-Rump (at Elle this afternoon): ‘Donald Trump, President of the United States and Professional Twitter Bully, spent some time in Alabama today greeting people and autographing items, among them hats, $100 bills, and Bibles. As in…
(Illustration: Artwork by illustrator and portrait painter, Tim O’Brien, found here). Wet and chilly this late-afternoon Wednesday on California’s north coast — tomorrow expected to be sunny and Friday not-so-bad either. Big rain scheduled (penciled in, of course) for next weekend. An excellent point on the badly-written T-Rump saga came this afternoon from Amanda Marcotte at Salon —…
(Illustration: M.C Escher’s ‘Three Spheres II,’ found here). Cloudy and cold this early-evening Tuesday here on California’s north coast. Bright sunshine for most of the day, and real-chilly breezy, too. Started darkening-up late this afternoon, with rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Sunshine back supposedly on Thursday for a couple of days, then the cycle…
(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Seated Pierrot,’ found here). Cloudy and damp this early-evening Saturday on California’s north coast, though, I could see the three-quartered moon out my bedroom window a little while ago, but probably not now. Showered on-and-off all today, with some heavy downpours mixed in for good measure. More rain forecast tonight and in…
