Hypnagogic Actuality
December 30, 2014Clear and cold this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — right now about 35 degrees, with a high of maybe the low-50s, but supposedly a lot of sun. Seems to have gotten colder, quicker…
Category Archives: Environment
‘Radical’ Shark Attack
December 29, 2014Amongst the news items this morning, an incident yesterday of the ‘all’s-well-that-ends-well’ genre after a 50-year-old surfer dude’s encounter with a great white shark — and in my old home waters. Kevin Swanson was surfing…
Pellucid and Peculiar
December 26, 2014Clear, clean sunshine this Friday morning on California’s north coast — not a cloud in sight, and frost on nearby rooftops, first time this year, I recollect. Thirty-three degrees reportedly within the hour right now,…
Bright
December 25, 2014Clear, brilliant-bright sunshine this early Thursday on California’s north coast — a nice, semi-surprise, some decent sun was originally projected by maybe on Tuesday, but later forecasts with more rain said Friday, but here it…
“Bleaching” Oceans
December 23, 2014Overcast with hanging ground fog this afternoon on California’s north coast, and chilly, too — local temperatures reportedly hovering in the mid-50s, but the air feels moist and cold. Totals for November rainfall from the NWS,…
‘Wartime’ Paradox
December 23, 2014Ground fog this way-early Tuesday here on California’s north coast — flashback yesterday afternoon and right now with the appearance of the thick mist low-to-the-road. Usually a summer, spring thing. The NWS is calling it…
Petro Rain
December 22, 2014Rain again this early Monday on California’s north coast, feels like it’s raining all over the world. Nearly two months of this wet stuff for most of the time, and the accompanying, gray-gothic clouds, real-gloomy-like…
Raining Feedback Loops
December 19, 2014Rain and gloomy-dark outside this early Friday on a small patch huddled near California’s north coast — getting close to a month now, of rain and gloomy-dark — more rain forecast for days to come,…
Snow Shades
December 18, 2014In the vast scope of weather, location is key. Last week, my youngest daughter, Melissa, moved for-some-reason from here in Humboldt County, California, to Kansas City, Missouri, and the shift in the environment is way-notable.…
Smokin’ Lamp is Lit
December 17, 2014Raining with thick cloud bundles huddling close — quick snapshot off my back patio this early Wednesday on a small stretch of California’s north coast. Just a little while after sunrise, one cup coffee sipped-away,…