Reality Repose

Clear and chilly again this early Thursday on California’s north coast — the weekend’s finally in sight. Forecasts call for a “chance of rain” for the immediate future, which up here really means a drizzle at most, with no appreciable precipitation called for until the end of next week. Up top the news this morning…

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Poe Me

“Ever read any Poe?” “No, but I loved her last album.” — “Panic Room” Raining and warm this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — we’re forecast for wet weather for the next week-to-10-days, so I might as well get used to it. A horror I talked about yesterday morning — a possible cracked head…

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‘We Are All Ukrainians’ — or maybe it’s just a case of Insomnia, Stomach Gas and Hyperarousal

Overcast and some ground fog this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — a long night and an exhausting morning. The last five years or so, I’ve suffered episodic bouts of insomnia and the cruel, sleepless affliction has inflicted itself again. I can easily go to sleep, but after about four hours I’m wide awake…

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Worse to Even Worse

Weather talk nowadays ain’t no more just idle chit-chat. Here on California’s north coast we had a near-about gorgeous day — overcast some, but warm temperatures, and on occasion, a bit of sunshine. Our environmental scenario supposedly shifts big-time tonight, though, with a cold front expected carrying more rain. We need the rainfall, but…nearly three…

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Drizzling on the Drought

Misty-drizzly rain this afternoon on California’s north coast, though, actually it’s really just heavy moisture in the air — we’re forecast for maybe some real rain tonight and tomorrow, but it won’t much help shrinking water reservoirs. Since this particular ‘moisture plume‘ is coming out of the central Pacific, temperatures are up, and earlier today…

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