The Zero-Percent Solution
August 10, 2015Sunshine and a warm breeze this Monday afternoon on California’s north coast — at least along the shoreline we’re supposed to be in the low 70s today and tomorrow, but if the ocean breeze kicks…
Category Archives: History
‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’
August 6, 2015Seventy years ago today, and of “the most terrible bomb in the history of the world”, via Hiroshi Sawachik, a 28-year-old Army doctor then working in Hiroshima: “The smell was quite strong. It’s a sad reality…
Climate Fires
August 3, 2015Illusory skies again this Monday morning as our marine layer whisking along California’s north coast is seemingly freakishly tainted with smoke from forest fires still raging within the interior — 21 wildfires statewide, a big chunk…
Goldilocks Gone
July 30, 2015Faded sunshine and way-cooler this Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast as the ‘heat wave’ for our shoreline has gone in a huff of mostly clouds motivated by a crisp breeze. Still hot via the…
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…
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…