Category Archives: Environment

Hoop Dreams!

December 8, 2022

Dark-thirty already this early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley. Today was the opposite of forecasts, which does happen, as our outside was sunny this morning, but heavy fog in the afternoon — an exact…

Climate Change Timeline: Less Than A Decade To Clean Up This Emissions Shit — ‘How Do We Explain That To Our Kids?’

November 11, 2022

Darkly overcast this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — chilly, too, which is just a reminder of winter coming quickly toward us. And with DST gone, the day becomes night real quickly, almost…

Nancy Pelosi: A Rose In Egypt

November 10, 2022

Another sunshine-splashed morning here in California’s Central Valley — weather on a Thursday in a week of excitement and suspense — a nice environment right now, but soon due to accelerating climate change becoming not…

Climate Change Reality — ‘The Things Americans Value Most Are At Risk’

November 7, 2022

Splashy sunshine on a late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — a nice turnaround from drizzling rain this morning. Tomorrow now is just an evening away. We’re forecast for more rain on election day,…

Climate-Change Warning: Earth In ‘Code Red’ As ‘Climate Change Is At The Door And Pounding Hard’

October 26, 2022

Chilly with increasing sunshine here in California’s Central Valley this near-noon Wednesday. It should play out as another nifty autumn day as we approach the darkening gloom of winter in just a few short weeks.…

Hurricane Ian — Climate Crisis On Display

October 1, 2022

Continuing nice autumn weather this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re having the best outdoorsy-days of the year lately and after last summer’s boiling temperatures, it’s a nice respite. However, meteorology like…

‘Doomscrolling’ On Another Day That Ends in ‘Y’ — Nuclear War Edition

September 28, 2022

(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Self Portrait Facing Death‘ [June 30, 1972], was originally found here.) Less than a year after Picasso finished the artwork above, he was dead from pulmonary edema and heart failure, so the title…