Category Archives: Doomscrolling

America Full-Throttle: ‘We Are Witnessing An Extraordinarily Broad Chilling Effect In American Society’

March 10, 2025

Fear is the accepted standard for the T-Rump: Looks like only the single survives. And it’s getting scary tight — from The New York Times last week: ‘People on both sides of the aisle who…

Ominous Olden-Offered Actuality: ‘Suffer Through Some Bad News’

March 5, 2025

Drizzling chilled rain this early-evening Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley, with just a hint of daylight left, looking like a cold, wet, dark night. Of course, it’s always normally dark at night, unless there’s…

‘Collapse’ Coming Quickly?

February 18, 2025

Clear and quiet this early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. (Illustration: “Collapse Of Perfection,” oil on canvas, by Peter Kim, and found here.) Shit’s getting deeper by the day. I’ve found it hard to…

Orange-Stool T-Rump’s ‘Deranged Ego, Which Is Now Swallowing The Whole World And Everyone In It’

February 11, 2025

Overcast and cold this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. Along with some freezing temps the last few days, we’re forecast for another ‘atmospheric river‘ to wash our way Thursday/Friday, pelting us with maybe…

Democracy Downer

February 6, 2025

What we really need in these anxious, shit-hitting-the-fan times: An afternoon’s moment within the next couple of hours. And a particular doomscroll on how America is getting fucked, and fucked in a hurry. We’re currently…

Election Day Time-Reality Break: ‘The Ballots Of Eternity’

November 5, 2024

(Image: ‘Election Day Brawl,’ by Woody Guthrie, and found here.) Overcast and cool this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. In this new back to the old standard time of darkness coming too quickly…

Celebrate America — Hopefully For Not The Last Time

July 4, 2024

Awaiting the sound of fireworks this late-afternoon Thursday, July 4th, Independence Day, here in California’s Central Valley — explosions in stifling heat are wondrous. We’re sitting at 105 degrees right now with darkness and the…