War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Bright sunshine and warm skies this noon Wednesday on California’s north coast, and with the first day of Autumn, a new season to worry about the weather. At least according to the NWS, the environment is supposed to be some-type ‘sunny’ through the coming weekend, a seemingly lapse before the weirdness of winter and the…
Thick, misty fog this early Monday on California’s north coast and chilly, too, but as is expected, the wet marine layer should all burn off before mid-day. The NWS predicts a ‘slight chance‘ of rain on Friday, but most-likely won’t happen. A happenin’ thing, though, is marijuana’s new aid for our domesticated animals — apparently…
UPDATE this morning Last night, California legislators in Sacramento did actually pass what’s now been dubbed the, “Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act” — from our local Times-Standard, and North Coast state Sen. Mike McGuire: ‘“This was a heavy lift by all involved, but the top priority for the Senate and the Assembly and the…
Near-cloudless, sunny and warm this Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast — actually maybe hot without that 5 mile-an-hour ocean breeze, the NWS claims it’s 70. Way-nice in the shade, though, and with a windbreak. Another unusual morning — a PG&E outage here in Mckinleyville, and Arcata, with electricity out for my apartment for several…
Sunshine and a warm breeze this Monday afternoon on California’s north coast — at least along the shoreline we’re supposed to be in the low 70s today and tomorrow, but if the ocean breeze kicks in, all bets are off. Forest fires continue burning to the east and south of us, but apparently winds have…
Illusory skies again this Monday morning as our marine layer whisking along California’s north coast is seemingly freakishly tainted with smoke from forest fires still raging within the interior — 21 wildfires statewide, a big chunk up here in the north. One firefighter killed in the last week, and a shitload suffering heat exhaustion — a…
Bright and warm still in late afternoon on California north coast, working toward end of the week already — flies the time. Looking upon lying about time — George W. Bush, State of The Union, Feb. 2005: ‘“As we fix Social Security, we also have the responsibility to make the system a better deal for…
Sunshine and a warm breeze near this mid-day Thursday on California’s north coast, and we supposedly could top 70-degrees this afternoon. Another pleasant shoreline episode. Up here in marijuana country and across a well-rolled America, a dramatic shift in the cannabis perspective, which is years and years late — via Yahoo: Forty-four percent of Americans…
Despite a twisted history, marijuana is proving itself over and over again in the medical/health arena, the latest gets down to the bone. Via Quartz: Marijuana has increasingly been used for its medicinal properties, but until now, the drug has mostly been associated with alleviating symptoms — such as nausea and decreased appetite. A recent…
Water liability in the land of the dry — not-so-novel concept to control water use amongst the citizenry. From the Guardian this morning: The 19 people gathered at the community centre in Santa Cruz, a parched beachside city south of San Francisco, faced a crash course in rainfall statistics, reservoir levels, pump technology, meter reading,…
