Ho-Hum Environment
May 21, 2014High overcast and a little on the chilled side this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — halfway through the work week and the sailing is choppy. The grind of daily life does get tedious.…
Category Archives: Madness
Hot-Choke Monday
May 12, 2014Overcast and warm this too-early Monday on California’s north coast as the weekend now becomes just another episode of history. Weather-wise, however, we’re in for some neat times this week — forecast to be in…
Sorrow
April 11, 2014Clear and chilly this early Friday on California’s north coast — the skies are twinkling with stars and a fat-sliver of the moon hangs quietly out over the Pacific. We’re supposed to have sunshine and…
Down the Dumb Hole
March 21, 2014Dark this early Friday — Duh! And high overcast with a chilled breeze on California’s north coast as we’re only hours away from a weekend. Sitting here at the laptop in these pre-dawn hours is…
Time Thoughts
March 2, 2014Low-overcast, damp and gloomy this early Sunday on California’s north coast — time cracks quickly into a new month, and asshole Santa Claus is fading further back yonder. As I sit here in relative comfort,…
‘Humanity’ — Oh, Sorry
February 13, 2014Rainy and warm this early Thursday on California’s north coast, another segment on winter 2014. And the word, ‘warm,’ is a major factor here — at 4 in the freakin’ morning, it’s near 55 degrees,…
Ferocious Frenzy in ‘Public Settings’
January 26, 2014In light of yet another shooting yesterday at the Columbia Mall in Maryland and the intense, accelerated pace in which these horrific events operate — earlier this month, a study on “active shootings in public…
Sucking at a “a relentless pace”
December 18, 2013A pleasant surprise this afternoon at my local Union 76 station — regular is at $3.69 a gallon, down six cents in three weeks, the last time I put gas in the Jeep. Despite a…
Climate-Conscious Monday
December 16, 2013Monday again and there ain’t much I can do about it — chilly and a bit overcast this morning on California’s north coast with a near-full moon (Waxing Gibbous, 99 percent illuminated) hanging majestically out…
Word
December 14, 2013(Illustration: Children escorted away from Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dec. 14, 2012, found here). A lot of coverage today on the anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut, “shooting” — now a near-normal word for any type…