Category Archives: elections

‘No Kings’ Part Deux — ‘Pissed’ Edition

October 18, 2025

A beautiful, warm Saturday was the attitude today for the second round of anti-T-Rump/pro-democracy “No Kings” rally here in my local town, Merced, set near the center of California’s Central Valley, and once again an…

Two Weeks Later — Still Shitsville (And Maybe Worse)

November 18, 2024

Clear-blue skies and plenty of sunshine this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — the beautiful outside is way-tempered by chilled-ass wind bursts, which conspired with mid-50s temps to create in real-time/real-life the first…

Screaming Soundlessly

November 6, 2024

(Illustration out front: Edvard Munch‘s ‘The Scream,’ lithograph version, found here.) This early-evening Wednesday is still too premature to adequately address the absolute horror shock from this morning. I turned out the lights last night before going…

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…

Day-Before-The-Day: Ballot-Box Disquietude

November 4, 2024

Bright sunshine tempered with chilled temperatures this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. If this is Monday, tomorrow is tomorrow no matter how you look at it. Of course, it will be Tuesday, and,…