War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Felt the shift, a gentle shudder as I had just sat down in front of my laptop — the reaches here off a decent-sized earthquake northwest of Ferndale, and about 65 miles southwest from where my ass had plunked down. According to the USGS, a 5.1 shaker rattled this Friday afternoon, a couple minutes after…
Sunshine still this late Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast — another gorgeous episode of summer. T-Rump appears in a rapid melt-down, or even worse — oh, the causticity, as explained this morning by Gail Collins at the New York Times: Pick your favorite irony: 1) Donald Trump turns out to be terrible at firing…
Typical summer’s weather-fare this Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast — sunshine smothered by fog. Although there’s still a faded-yellow glow, it won’t last long as a deep gray has been slowly floating onto shore the last couple of hours. Life spirals… As T-Rump becomes more repugnant with each passing day, the changing climate is…
Sunny with a chilled wind this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — the summer’s beat continues. This morning, a short visit from an old, longtime friend, one I hadn’t seen, or maybe not even talked to in more than two decades, and the experience was way-pleasant. Odd the years, how fast they pass, and…
Time marches forward, no matter the bullshit tossed up into the fan of life — distraction is the byword now, and there’s plenty. Even as we digest T-Rump Jr.’s asshole antics, and the Senate’s confirmation hearings this morning for Christopher A. Wray as FBI director, the real, reality continues unabated. A massive Antarctic iceberg, more…
Bright sunshine this near-noon Thursday melding with only a wisp of wind, producing what could be called a ‘heat wave‘ for here on California’s north coast. However, inland just a short space and an actual ‘heat wave’ with temperatures in the triple digits — we’re reportedly at 72-degress right now. Although now retired nearly three years,…
Sunshine and brisk ocean breezes this late-afternoon Wednesday on California’s north coast — warm temperatures, though, if you find yourself with a wind-break. ‘Warm‘ being relative, of course. Record heat down south — from San Diego County this morning (LA Times): ‘“The desert has two seasons — hot and hotter,” said Mark Moede, a weather…
First post in well-more than a week, the longest period in the 10-year history of Compatible Creatures — a literary gap of the times. A lifelong exertion of a writer absent. A variety of reasons — most-notable, a continuous, hugely-horrific news cycle, a way-downer, and beyond depressing, starving any mucked-up desire to write shit about…
Warm and bright the late-afternoon Friday on California’s north coast, rain expected tomorrow and Sunday, clear again by the first of next week. Early summer… Weather-wise as opposed to the DC comedy-of-errors, the climate continues to weird-out, now close to home — the US Pacific shoreline under attack (via Climate Central last Tuesday): A new study…
Weak, near-pathetic sunshine this early-evening Wednesday on California’s north coast, trying hard to break through the merging marine layer, and previewing a wet-cloudy future the next few days. According to the NWS, ‘unseasonably heavy rain‘ will spatter the region starting tonight and continuing through Monday — an out-of-season ‘Atmospheric River,’ This afternoon, however, the huge…
