Category Archives: History

Hurricane Ian — Climate Crisis On Display

October 1, 2022

Continuing nice autumn weather this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re having the best outdoorsy-days of the year lately and after last summer’s boiling temperatures, it’s a nice respite. However, meteorology like…

‘Doomscrolling’ On Another Day That Ends in ‘Y’ — Nuclear War Edition

September 28, 2022

(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Self Portrait Facing Death‘ [June 30, 1972], was originally found here.) Less than a year after Picasso finished the artwork above, he was dead from pulmonary edema and heart failure, so the title…

‘Doomscrolling’ On A Sunday, Or Yet, It Could Be Any Day That Ends In The Letter, ‘Y’

September 25, 2022

(Artwork by Amina Sallam, and found here.) Another fine autumn late afternoon here in California’s Central Valley and a good end to the weekend, weather-wise. In the sense of happy days, though, it’s all pretty…