Shake and Scare
July 27, 2015Yesterday a rocking unusual — a shaker way-too-close to the barn. Just 16 miles away from me, myself and I was a 3.0 earthquake, and though no damage or much movement detected, my fright level…
Category Archives: History
Fire in the Dry
July 25, 2015Bright and sunny this Saturday afternoon on California’s north coast as we continue onward through the weekend. And on through the summer — supposedly California’s forest-fire season. The burning started earlier this year, if it…
Pot-n-Bones
July 20, 2015Despite 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…
Mooned — Far, Far Away, Long, Long Ago
July 20, 2015Fog-banked again this Monday morning on California’s north coast, breaking a four-day trend of early-in-the-morning sunshine and a return to the gloomy gray of summer. This afternoon, however, will most-likely be gorgeous — warm, clear…
Gun Up!
July 16, 2015Lock ’em, and load ’em! Or whatever. Now nearly a month since the South Carolina church massacre, and seemingly a dry-spell of mass-gun-killings — yet not. Weird shit this mass killing narrative, and today the…
Angel, Angela ‘Caress’
July 16, 2015Angela Merkel and the coldness of the touch. Via Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle: Nearly a minute passed until Merkel saw that Reem was crying and approached her saying: “You did that very well,” while…
Weather Duh!
July 15, 2015Fog-damp and gray this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, another heavy marine layer hamming-up the environment — although yesterday morning looked like right now, the afternoon turned out pretty sweet, with bright sunshine and…
Fog-Brained ‘Gateway’
July 14, 2015Thick, gray light this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — a heavy, wet fog layer is blanketing the area, and although there’s supposedly a warming trend for the end of the week, not much…
‘Truthiness’ Truism
July 7, 2015In the wake of pyrotechnic Fourth of July celebrations this past weekend and the noted ‘exceptional’ peoples back-slapping we all seem to do on this particular holiday, there also should be a pause for reality.…
Wage the Working Poor
July 6, 2015Overcast and rainy-looking this Monday morning on California’s north coast — apparently, we had some heavy drizzle during the night, which might have been the early arrival for that ‘chance of showers‘ predicted by the…