War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
High overcast, quiet and dry this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and the feel is not unpleasant. Soundless and near-weather-less here, but back in the US southeast, a possible “catastrophic event” via an enormous winter storm bearing down on the huddled masses — another episode of “global weirding” becoming more the ‘new normal’ in…
Weather talk nowadays ain’t no more just idle chit-chat. Here on California’s north coast we had a near-about gorgeous day — overcast some, but warm temperatures, and on occasion, a bit of sunshine. Our environmental scenario supposedly shifts big-time tonight, though, with a cold front expected carrying more rain. We need the rainfall, but…nearly three…
Now a year older than even their famous oldsters’ love ballad, time appears on occasion similar to a snap-of-the fingers — here yesterday, then real-sudden-like, half-a-century later. Tonight marks the 50th anniversary of a brand-new ballgame: ‘Fuck You — It’s My Fuckin’ Life.’ Or, way-more-lame, the first appearance of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan…
Overcast and feeling like rain this early Thursday up here on California’s north coast, a sense hopefully that really does pan out — big wet weather set for tonight and on into the weekend. Forecasts indicate 3 to 5 inches of rain between now and Sunday with heavy snow in the mountains, and “…we should…
Clear and chilly this early Wednesday here on California’s north coast, the work-week moving right along, though, not fast enough. News sprouting out this morning is fairly bland, or continuous-ugly in nature (i.e., the US farm bill bullshit) as the eyeballs of the world begin to sharply-focus on the upcoming winter games, starting this Friday…
Raining this way, way-too early Monday here on California’s north coast, a touch of theme for the day. The moisture is just aggravating — another display of the dry-hole drought eating at the state’s life-support system and the teasing rainstorms that don’t do nothing. And since the “big game” is now history, so is the…
High overcast again this still-dark early Sunday on California’s north coast, and most-likely will play out like the last week — clear with a chilly wind. One cup of espresso-blend coffee, and half-way through a Guayaki yerba mate, the morning news scouring sucks, not pleasingly at all. Mainly, just crash and fall. Not really a…
Clear-as-a-bell and cold this early Friday on California’s north coast, but we can taste the fruit-filling of the weekend already and take courage from it. President Obama’s suicidal boast this week: America has “…more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world — the first time that’s happened in nearly 20…
In a long, detailed interview/feature last week by David Remnick in the New Yorker, was this on President Obama’s historical perspective: “I have no desire to be one of those Presidents who are just on the list — you see their pictures lined up on the wall,” Obama told them. “I really want to be…
Lo, and behold, Friday! And it’s clear and warm this early morning here on California’s north coast, with ‘weirding weather‘ making its play as right now we’re over 50 degrees and the forecast is for warmer temperatures today than yesterday, which was a surprise to everybody. On Thursday, freezing cold at dawn to a T-shirt-only…
