War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Clear-blue skies and plenty of sunshine this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — the beautiful outside is way-tempered by chilled-ass wind bursts, which conspired with mid-50s temps to create in real-time/real-life the first ‘cold-as-shit‘ day of the year. In my view, anyway, a seasonal quick adjustment from fried-heat of a seemingly never-ending summer…
(Illustration out front: Edvard Munch‘s ‘The Scream,’ lithograph version, found here.) This early-evening Wednesday is still too premature to adequately address the absolute horror shock from this morning. I turned out the lights last night before going to bed, even after re-checking CNN for further election update results (as a stress-reducer of sorts, I’d been watching “Castle”…
Bright sunshine tempered with chilled temperatures this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. If this is Monday, tomorrow is tomorrow no matter how you look at it. Of course, it will be Tuesday, and, of course, it will be election day in the US of A — an election like none other I’ve witnessed…
Sad news well-circulated by now — Teri Garr died today at her home in LA. She was 79. She was a sweet-acting, funny actress who nailed a near-60-year career. As I posted about Stevie Nicks’s musical-life stand on abortion a couple of days ago, and how I had a ‘crush‘ on her in the 1970s,…
Clear and chilly this close-to-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley — another fine autumn day as we hurdle toward tomorrow a week away. I voted today! Well, posted my ballot envelope per in-mail/early voting, and although I’ve always kind of preferred the same-day/election-day, in-person experience, this particular election is too way-important to dribble about…
Here on a bright Sunday evening in California’s Central Valley, a musical approach to one of the more-important matters of our nowadays: abortion. And yet, too, with a new voice from an ancient, iconic wonder, Stevie Nicks. Nicks has been a crush of mine for near-about 50 years. In the 1970s, however, she had to…
Bright, way-clear sunshine tempered by a chilly breeze this late afternoon Thursday in California’s Central Valley — finally a distinct autumn day. Summer this year has been a bitch — our hottest ever — and it looked like it would never end. Ending quickly, too, could be our environment, not only for my location but for…
Sunshine and clear-blue skies just past noon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley. Nice weather for an insane presidential election — way-beyond grasping crazy how close this race is even in the presence of someone that’s not only a deplorable, asshole piece of shit, but also freaking nuttier-than-a-fruitcake and freaking slobbering crazy — and it…
Our news cycle nowadays is shit-fire way-depressing, overflowing with outlandish circumstances and it seems to be getting worse. Sad a humongous wad of people are suffering, from natural disasters to man-made influenced catastrophes — a lot of hard work to keep sane in the midst of it all. Actually, a pile of smoldering shit. And…
Crystal-clear skies and lots of bright sunshine just after the noon hour Sunday here in California’s Central Valley as the fall season finally starts to take hold of our weather. It’s been especially nice lately after we experienced two or three summers this year — autumn seemed to take forever to arrive and ultimately, it’s…
