Famous Last Words
September 10, 2014Bright and way-sunny this Wednesday morning here on California’s north coast — rare type of wake-up, but due to my sleeping problems, I slept until well after sunrise and missed the dawn coming up like…
Category Archives: History
Heavy Air
September 9, 2014Overcast and chilly this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — weather we like it or not. And not liking it — a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) indicates the environment sucks…
Pardon My Ass!
September 8, 2014In the grand slush of news lately, I’d overlooked today’s 40-year anniversary — Gerald Ford’s forgive-and-forget of Dick Nixon. And nearly 40 years later, President Obama did just about the same thing with George Jr.…
Peeper
September 6, 2014Thanks to Eddie Snowden, we’re watching them watch us. The real bad shit — they don’t give a rat’s ass. In this case, the “them” being our own government. Memos from George Jr.’s smoke-screen attempt…
Near Miss, Again
September 6, 2014Drippy, damp fog this early Saturday on California’s north coast. Part/parcel of the weather heritage up here, and maybe for summer seashores all over — fog in the morning, a breeze with sunshine in the…
Winter Wedgie
September 2, 2014Although summer’s still warm on the backside, and it’s only early September, cold weather is closer than just-around-the-corner — last month, old reliable, the weather-worn Farmers’ Almanac predicted, “…frigid conditions, bitter conditions,” for this coming winter.…
IS IS and US
September 1, 2014The late, great Gen. William Odom, in October 2005: “The invasion of Iraq I believe will turn out to be the greatest strategic disaster in U.S. history.” The good general, though, was just talking American…
Sleep Shaking
August 26, 2014Fog and chilly here on California’s north coast this early Tuesday as the world stumbles on through the work week. Typical summer fare for the area, usually sunshine and a brisk afternoon wind to follow…
Monday Climate
August 25, 2014Fog and quiet this way-early Monday on California’s north coast and modern life continues somewhat unabated. As the Napa Valley down south of us cleans itself up after a 6.0 earthquake yesterday morning — already…
Ground, Rumble, Ground…
August 24, 2014A way-ordinary, routine-acting morning-fog environment for here on California’s north coast, but just three/four hours south, Sunday came early with a bang for the graveyard shift: Erica Gregory, who was brewing coffee while working by…