Too Old for this Shit
June 20, 2014Near-crystal-clear this early Friday on California’s north coast with a jagged half-moon rising late in the far eastern sky. And the sun should come up like cold thunder in a couple of hours. But it’s…
Category Archives: History
Wolf Scream
June 18, 2014Clear and chilly this way-too-early Wednesday on California’s north coast as we plow on through another quick-as-a-dash work week. No matter the situation, time don’t stand still at all. One nasty time-buster right now is…
Baghdad Promenade
June 17, 2014Clear and kind of soothing this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with a half moon hanging quietly high in the southern sky. Weather here the last couple of weeks has been gorgeous — not…
Turd Float
June 16, 2014A bit of ground fog and thick overcast right now this way-too-early Monday on California’s north coast — a couple of hours ago, the remaining chunk of that “strawberry/honey” moon from Friday the 13th could…
Not-So-Happy History
June 15, 2014Bright sunshine just starting to break the gray this Sunday morning on California’s north coast — dark, heavy-clouded and gloomy a little earlier, but typical for us up here, the scene/sense of the weather can…
‘Go Ask Alice’
June 13, 2014Ground fog this early Friday on California’s north coast — just a little while ago, the sky was clear and a full, bright moon hung like a porthole high in the southern sky. And for…
‘Our’ Iraq
June 12, 2014(Illustration found here). One of the most-haunting and ultra-sad images of Iraq is the photo above of a child fleeing with others from Barsa, southern Iraq, in March 2003 — now 11 years later, is…
Tea and Trumpets
June 11, 2014Up early this morning to some sweet news — for a change: In the most-stunning upset since Republicans took over the House of Representatives four years ago, Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his GOP primary…
Political ‘Fratricide’
June 10, 2014Clear and a tad on the warm side this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with another sunny and “hot” day scheduled for us — of course, the word, “hot,” being relative. We get warm…
70 Years
June 6, 2014Overcast with a touch of ground fog this early Friday on California’s north coast, but the huge-most-important thing is that it’s Friday. Friday! And despite all the work and toil, the week has seemed to…