Magnetic Minds
September 25, 2014Overcast with a sharp-chilly wind this Thursday morning on California’s north coast — maybe more rain today, but the chances are slim. We did get some good totals from that last couple of days, especially…
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‘Social Fabric’ Unraveling
September 24, 2014Steady rain and a gray quiet this afternoon — war the topic. Yet what is war? Via CNN: Mass shootings have been occurring more frequently in recent years, an FBI study shows, with nearly one…
‘Real Deal’ Climate
September 23, 2014Windy, darkly-overcast, and storm-awaiting this afternoon here on California’s north coast — supposedly this up-coming wet-weather front could maybe douse us with a couple of inches of rain. And the wind is more-than brisk, gusting…
Detail the Details
September 22, 2014Overcast and quiet this early Monday on California’s north coast — outside my apartment the world seems slow in moving, as if putting off a hardscrabble reality a few minutes longer. And the forecast does…
Chimp Alarm!
September 18, 2014Overcast still, but no rain showers, though, dark as shit in the early afternoon. Modern life sometimes appears asshole-contradictory — Cheetah this: A study found that the violence displayed by chimpanzees was not caused by…
Food and Thought
September 17, 2014Overcast with a bit of ground fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — onward we go! Earlier this month, the US Department of Agriculture reported nearly 50 million Americans live in households with…
Fire, Fish and Forests
September 16, 2014Sunshine this early Tuesday is filtered by what weather folks call ‘haze,’ but it’s just low clouds blocking a bright morning here on California’s north coast. Just a little bit ago skies were clear. We…
Blue Monday and Black Gold
September 15, 2014A wall of gray this early Monday on California’s north coast — thick fog again, and really wet. My back patio appears as if there’d been a soft, but really-nice-enough rain last night. Just thick-ass…
Sound of Seep
September 14, 2014Deep, thick-damp fog this early Sunday on California’s north coast — all-gray without not much sound, either. Looking back on this past week, lost in the news shuffle, which included ‘official‘ declaration of another endless…
Solar Plasmatic
September 12, 2014Dawn was clear and bright, but fog arrived silently to steal the thunder. Another Friday here on California’s north coast and this morning keeps the weather pattern alive — bright and warm early on, then…