War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Sunshine and warmth this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. Spring has sprung so summer won’t be long in coming — words to weed. Meanwhile. Ukraine has tragic consequences beyond its borders. Today, UN Secretary General António Guterres, in a video address to a conference on sustainability run by the Economist newspaper in London,…
Clear and windy this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — winter’s officially over! Earlier this morning (8:33 AM PDT) there sprang the March equinox — also called the vernal equinox — and the first day of spring. In turn, this day only means the burn season is quickly coming upon us. Meanwhile, Ukraine…
Raining a bit this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — after an overcast sky for most of the day, the soft showers finally came just a while ago. Although not supposed to last long right now, more rain is forecast for the middle of next week. Despite the water falling, it’s still been…
Seemingly, our current time zone’s best descriptive word might be ‘unprecedented.’ Joining Vlad Putin’s ‘unprecedented‘ dangerous shit in Ukraine is a shocker in a field where the unusual has become commonplace for years — climate change. A shitload of climate-science research and analysis lately have these few words, or words to the effect embedded somewhere…
Slowly ending another day here in California’s Central Valley as Friday evening and darkness draws close at hand, initiating the start to the weekend — which nowadays shows it’s not necessarily a time of rest. Ukraine continues unabated as the cruel news source of the era — yet as history indicates, Vlad Putin may be…
Late-afternoon/early-evening here this Thursday in California’s Central Valley (DST makes it hard to tell which is which) — overcast this morning, but slowly, eventually brightened into a sunshine-sparkled day. Chance maybe some rain tomorrow and Saturday, but don’ expect much as the drought’s got a near-strangle hold on our weather. Meanwhile in Ukraine, the Russian…
Yesterday, working the war in Ukraine proved deadly dangerous for everyone and a recipe for sorrow struck again: Details via New York Magazine late this afternoon: Veteran Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, 24, were killed in Ukraine on Monday when the vehicle they and Fox News correspondent Benjamin…
Sprinkling rain close to the Tuesday noon hour here in California’s Central Valley — light wet and not much more. Rain is forecast for maybe this weekend, too, but once again a short shift. Meanwhile, trucking beyond the Vlad Putin-influenced horrors in Ukraine, the shithead virus-pandemic of our age will not be properly held in…
The invasion/war crime in Ukraine brings out the real spunk for humanity even as Vlad Putin and his incompetent army revels in cruelty, there’s a shitload of people after the truth — even in Russia. Just one example of courage: Story via the Guardian this afternoon: Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One, burst on…
Approaching the noon hour here this Monday in California’s Central Valley — in the news cycle headlines, it’s getting near 10 PM in Ukraine, as the invasion/war is bombing-out in more ways than one. Russia is apparently up to its ass in shit. In their bravery and mettle, the Ukrainians have shown a terrible bright…
