War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
A bit of ground fog with a kind of warm quiet this early Wednesday on California’s north coast as we fall on through the work week. Beyond the horror of the new normal — beheadings on video, Egypt giving the US advice on crowd control, Rick Perry in jail, and so forth — you get…
Light fog and cool this early Monday on California’s north coast as we start another work week. And from this vantage point, Friday looks years away. Today is special — for me. This is my last full-work week as I’m retiring, and the liquor store I manage will have to continue running without me. My…
Latest update on the still-evolving disaster of Fukushima: ‘Interestingly, researchers found that instead of outright killing or obviously harming organisms, the low-dose radiation effects were insidious. In rice, for instance, low level gamma radiation in Fukushima Prefecture began to alter healthy seedlings on a genetic level in only three days, hampering the activation of self…
Foggy and chilly this early Thursday on California’s north coast as we wind-down the work week — seemingly, not fast enough, though. We closing in on the weekend, but at a snail’s pace. In a couple of weeks, I will ‘retire’ (“…do not think it means what you think it means.”) and what happens next…
Does bad news get worse? Sometimes, and lately, a lot: “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But…
Fog bound Thursday morning here on California’s north coast, and quiet. Only folks up right now are insomniacs, meth-heads and me. At least the weekend is only hours away. Life nowadays appears as if on a fault line — if the heat don’t get you, Ebola will. Fright off all kinds of shit boil up…
Another morning and another early Monday here on California’s north coast, and another fog-shrouded start to another work week — apparently, Saturday and Sunday never happened. Or did they? California is going through a rough patch — yesterday I posted about some of the wildfires burning in the northern part of the state, some under…
Blanket fog again this Sunday on California’s north coast — and if the shit remains the same (and it’s forecast to do so), in a couple of hours, sunshine and a cool ocean breeze. Conditions that make for a nice afternoon. An absolute-not-so just a few feet inland. Beyond the coastal environs, which could be…
High overcast and some ground fog this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — dark and quiet. A normal, natural cover for us, but a blanket on stargazing, and catching a fleeing glimpse of the Delta Aquarid meteor shower going on right now, supposedly popping down to earth 15 to 20 meteors an hour, if…
Clear as a bell this early Thursday on California’s north coast, with some stars twinkling round about — long time since I’d seen stars in the morning. Fog is the usual culprit. This is another post on climate change. I do a lot of these, mainly because it’s the most-serious, out-of-control problem facing life right…
