Black Friday Fantasy
November 28, 2014Way-wet and chilly this early Friday on California’s north coast, but nothing unexpected as we’re on the first-strike, forefront of a big storm set to roll across the state the next couple of days. Our…
Category Archives: Economy
Cash Happy
November 26, 2014Becoming a dull overcast Wednesday afternoon here on California’s north coast — rain maybe tomorrow, and some heavy wet by Friday, and continuing on through the weekend. And as we plunge forward into the total-crazed…
Gas that Turkey!
November 25, 2014Approaching the evening of one gorgeous Tuesday — weather-wise — here on California’s north coast with clear skies, temperatures in the mid-60s, and forecast for an even warmer tomorrow. Rain penciled-in for Thanksgiving, though, and…
Gluttingly ‘Short Memories’
November 19, 2014One giant story given nearly-back-burner status is this steep decline in oil prices. Via Reuters this afternoon: ‘Benchmark Brent crude oil settled down 37 cents at $78.10 a barrel, after rising as much as 98…
Freak-Out Funk
November 12, 2014Bright and breezy this late afternoon as the day is slowly falling-darkly away. Those gosh-awful midterms last week should have been called the ‘apathetic election’ as it had the worst turnout in 72 years —…
Hope Yesterday
November 6, 2014A thick-drizzle and approaching dark-thirty here on California’s north coast — although we had a gracious fireball sunrise, shortly thereafter, a chunky overcast descended, and then mist, now onto a heavy drizzle. Although most-likely, maybe,…
Stone-Toss Experts — Not!
November 6, 2014Cold and clear this early Thursday here on California’s north coast, a lightening-bright can be seen from my back patio, like a white bubble from the east. We’ve supposed to have a chance of rain,…
Pump Shock
October 28, 2014Overcast and chilly this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast with some rain sprinkles thrown in for good measure. Another week in the wet — tonight is supposed to be the rain high point, then…
Crowd Control
October 27, 2014Bright and sunny with a bit of chilled wind, here this Monday afternoon on California’s north coast. Gorgeous now but more rain expected tomorrow. Late in the day for a first post, usually way-earlier I’d…
Water-Vote Yeah
October 26, 2014Gorgeous Sunday afternoon here on California’s north coast — sunshine-warm with windows open. What drought? Ready on the mind for most Californians: ‘A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California found that 62 percent…