A smoke-tainted ambiance in the air this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, with just an occasional slight dab of sunshine to give our view out windows a muted-bright sheen — once again, we’re…
Appropriately nice this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, with some enjoyable sunshine coupled with temps in the upper-80s, but well out of the hot zone. Also today out of an economic hot zone…
In the sweep of shit, it appears the US could be approaching a deep fork in the road, or maybe the road itself ending, not only with the pandemic still way-circulating, but the entire US…
Windy and a bit on the chilly side this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — after months of outrageous heat, a weather shift in a time of climate change. And of which, climate-change…
Cool and comfortable this mid-day Thursday here in California’s Central Valley as apparently-obvious we’re into the autumn season — if only it stayed this way. Winter, however, is now one day closer. Dying in the…
(Illustration: Tall El Hammam in perspective; image found here). Off the regular news cycle on a mid-day Tuesday with a shout-out to a historical study on the destruction of an ancient city supposedly caused by…
(Illustration: ‘Mosiak II,’ by MC Escher, and found here). I caught the headlines Friday, and maybe a quick scan of a couple of articles, but nothing in-depth and no post (although I generally post major…
Newsflashes slow this mid-day Friday; maybe more substantial shit will fall this afternoon with a news dump flurry to beat the weekend and the normal deadness of media noise. Here, to fill the gap is…
Warm and near-about comfortable this mid-day Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — first day of the ‘fall season,’ a time zone which usually lasts until about Halloween, then the holiday season kicks in, amping…
Another major red-flag warning on the here-and-now-but-worse-in-the-immediate-future thingie of climate change — a call from professionals/scientists to turn the boat — yesterday a big editorial: Nutshell via HuffPost this morning: A coalition of more than…