Relativity of the Clue
September 15, 2013Dark overcast skies this Sunday morning on California’s north coast, and way-quiet in the early light — and I can’t even hear a sound from the mighty Pacific Ocean, a mile or so away. Thick…
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Summer Sausage
September 13, 2013Finally, it’s Friday! Still overcast and a bit warm this early morning here on California’s north coast as we continue our falling way into the fall season — we did get some sunshine yesterday, but…
Rice and Atomic Number 33
September 7, 2013News like this is a bit disconcerting, if not border-line, paranoid-frightful (via USAToday): In tests for arsenic in more than 1,300 samples of rice and rice products, the Food and Drug Administration has found levels…
Raining Poo on Pot
September 1, 2013Clear sunshine and a chilly breeze this Sunday morning on California’s north coast as the world starts a new week and a new month — both will have its share of bullshit. In the last…
Gas and…ah…Gas
August 29, 2013Thick ground fog this early Thursday on California’s north coast, and quiet, too — can’t even hear the mighty Pacific Ocean only a mile or so away. The air, though, has that quality of quick…
Aging is for Old People
August 26, 2013Monday again! And there’s not a dang thang I can do about it, either. Sad news over the weekend, singer Linda Ronstadt has Parkinson’s disease. She told AARP online: “No one can sing with Parkinson’s…
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…
The Poor Poors
July 29, 2013Despite all my efforts, here we are at Monday again — another week trying to figure out which end of the pencil actually works, but this morning up here on California’s north coast, it’s cool,…
Funky, Funky
July 28, 2013As I get older, the writing process appears to be short-winded, and based on mood — creative juices just don’t percolate onto the page, or as in this modern era, onto the laptop screen as…
Industrial-Strength Calamity
July 23, 2013Fog and quiet this early Tuesday on California’s north coast as we travail through the week. At least the pressure is finally off — Kate had a son yesterday, so the whole world can freakin’…