War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
In the vast scope of weather, location is key. Last week, my youngest daughter, Melissa, moved for-some-reason from here in Humboldt County, California, to Kansas City, Missouri, and the shift in the environment is way-notable. She took the above photo yesterday via her phone-camera-thingy and e-mailed it to let me in on winter’s wonder —…
Foggy and gray this early Saturday on California’s north coast, and the beat goes on. In the ugly mists of current events — odd, violent and bad — flooding a weekend/news cycle-dump, I was awash this morning with a fresh, pleasantly-nice, tingly sensation (way-rare nowadays) upon discovery today is the birthday of one my all-time,…
Early Thursday here on California’s north coast, and maybe a seasonal-change forewarned — a crisp, clarity in the air this morning, ocean sound-waves from the Pacific quickly/easily recognized, and seemingly awhile since the last time I’d heard that soothing, near-musical shoreline noise. Seemingly for weeks, we’ve been early-on each day, enveloped in thick, layered ground…
Thick ground fog and a deep quiet this early Tuesday on California’s north coast in a typical weather scenario for the area — misty wet until about noon, then sunshine. And in the mid-60s, which is nearly 20 degrees cooler than just a few, scant miles inland. Worse piece of shit: “That ought to be…
Crying into a sleepless dark is usually part-n-parcel of episodic insomnia, at least for me, when about a hundred-trillion self-scurrilous thoughts, mostly-redundant, yet savagely fighting each other for dominance, finally finish their shitty work, and tears flow pitifully onto pillows. Sad shit, huh? Not all those wide-awake periods include crying — a lot of times,…
Clear and beautiful this way-too-early Monday on California’s north coast as the weekend is now history and we have to face the musical notes of a work week. Light is faint in the rising dawn, and hard to imagine in all this quiet and calm that miles and miles and miles to the far east,…
High overcast and chilly this finally-Friday morning here on California’s north coast — a short work week, but a long slog to get through it. Although officially still spring, summer, for all real intentions is here and the ugly, swollen glands of 2014 continue unabated. Not up here, however, as summer is spring and fall…
Bright and clear, a bit on the chilly side, but still a most-suitable Sunday morning here on California’s north coast. And a high pressure hanging out over the Pacific will supposedly keep us in ‘most-suitable’ conditions through Wednesday — yet who knows? Not when involved in a tale told the wife of Reginald Hargreaves. Yesterday,…
Rain and windy this way-too-soon Monday morning on California’s north coast as the wet season continues unsuccessfully to up-seat the notorious, upstart drought — the state’s farmers are so worried they’ve turned to the use of “divining rods” to locate precious water. Napa Valley vineyard owner Marc Mondavi: “It’s kind of bizarre. Scientists don’t believe…
A shrewd business sense in the new age of public munchies — from the UK’s Independent this morning: Thirteen-year-old Danielle Lei set up her cookie stall outside of the clinic in San Francisco and was welcomed by patients and staff. Danielle sold out of her first batch within 45 minutes, according to the clinic, which is…
