Getting Old, Getting ‘Newer’
July 25, 2017Sunny with a chilled wind this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — the summer’s beat continues. This morning, a short visit from an old, longtime friend, one I hadn’t seen, or maybe not even…
Category Archives: History
Worry-Wart
July 12, 2017Time marches forward, no matter the bullshit tossed up into the fan of life — distraction is the byword now, and there’s plenty. Even as we digest T-Rump Jr.’s asshole antics, and the Senate’s confirmation…
Decade Gone
June 22, 2017Bright sunshine this near-noon Thursday melding with only a wisp of wind, producing what could be called a ‘heat wave‘ for here on California’s north coast. However, inland just a short space and an actual…
Too Fast for Slow
June 20, 2017First post in well-more than a week, the longest period in the 10-year history of Compatible Creatures — a literary gap of the times. A lifelong exertion of a writer absent. A variety of reasons…
T-Rump at Dinner
June 7, 2017Weak, near-pathetic sunshine this early-evening Wednesday on California’s north coast, trying hard to break through the merging marine layer, and previewing a wet-cloudy future the next few days. According to the NWS, ‘unseasonably heavy rain‘…
Life ‘Handled with a Chain’
June 6, 2017Faded-yellow sunshine finally scuttling the overcast here this late-afternoon Tuesday on California’s north coast — pale light it is, as supposedly rain starting tomorrow night and mostly-wet through the weekend. Dreary this morning, and seemingly…
The ‘Trump Deviation’ on Climate
May 31, 2017Sunshine and warmth this Wednesday evening on California’s north coast, a scenario of the good-as-it-gets category — not much wind helped the heat. According to the NWS, however, tomorrow a change of pace with a…
Pantomime ‘Shithead’
May 25, 2017Bright and windy this late-afternoon Thursday on California’s north coast, a typical weather episode this time of year — overcast-moist and chilly until late morning, then followed by another gorgeous afternoon, though, a bit blustery..…
‘Madman With Nuclear Weapons
May 24, 2017Near-cloudless skies creating a bright late-afternoon Wednesday here on California’s north coast, an environmental tonic to the ugly out yonder in the world. Out there, a flashback exemplifying the ludicrous-horror of the T-Rump — released…
Terror in ‘A Comedy of Errors’
May 23, 2017Warm and sunny this early evening Tuesday on California’s north coast — we continue our good-weather phase, with some high temperatures forecast for the end of this week. I like it… Beyond the web of…