War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration above: M.C Escher’s ‘Scholastica,’ found here). As the work-week comes to a close this Friday evening, the natural momentum of our terrifying times-of-history doesn’t have weekends off, so the ruthless grind of weird shit will keep on trucking — an iconic phrase there, ‘keep on trucking,’ first poised in the jazz-music scene of the…
(Illustration: Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity)‘ found here). Worse than vile, or just an asshole motherfucker — the T-Rump tweeted this morning: Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen. Unless they get their act…
(Illustration: Artwork from the UN’s International Children’s Painting Competition, found here). Raindrops and gray — a wet-touch with color for this early-evening Sunday here on California’s north coast, the air all day clipped by some way-brisk wind — reportedly, should be sunny tomorrow, at least that’s what WunderBlog forecasts. More rain supposedly on Tuesday, followed by…
(Illustration found here) Bright-sunny Wednesday here on California’s north coast, a bit of chill was in the ocean breeze, though, and now near evening-dark, there’s a bite to the cool — clear usually means cold, overcast and rainy, warmer. According to WunderBlog, we’re to expect sunny days until Sunday, then a forecast for rain, and…
A child will lead us, though, maybe too late — the UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland, is happening now, and today 15-year-old Greta Thunberg laid-down the real: “For 25 years countless people have come to the UN climate conferences begging our world leaders to stop emissions and clearly that has not worked as emissions…
Overcast and chilly this Wednesday evening here on California’s north coast — winter’s about here… Beyond our aggravating political circus, this afternoon I spied a couple of new studies on marijuana, both furthering normalization. First one was about conduct — as more US teens now smoke cannabis then cigarettes, new research indicates pot use won’t…
(Illustration found here). Beyond the mournful images of Hurricane Harvey’s staggering-impact on southeast Texas, the narrative could spin into a scenario of the worse kind of nightmare. Along the coast are a way-shitload of chemical plants now underwater, or near-about, and possible explosive events that could be really, really bad. Charles P. Pierce at Esquire this…
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,…
Rain and gusty wind this late Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast as we continue with a wet-weather season that just don’t want to end. Reportedly, next decent break is maybe Saturday afternoon — all rain and wind until then. Indeed, this has been a water-water season — Gov. Jerry Brown last week declared the…
Overcast with an occasional blast of bright sunshine this late Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast — more rain tomorrow, sunny maybe on Sunday, and then first of next week, rain starting again and keeping-on apparently forever. Warm, though, there’s that… As weather becomes more-and-more the big news story nowadays, the horror of the T-Rump…
