War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Les Deux Saltimbanques: l’Arlequin et Sa Compagne,’ found here). Nice to see a decent feeling in the air for the return of reality — even this early in the 2020 presidential competition, the T-Rump has apparently already shown he’s his own worse enemy: He’s united Americans in an effort to get rid…
Perfect allegoric for a messed-up era of the nowadays (great-h/t Susie): Worse episode in the way-worse production of the T-Rump (at Elle this afternoon): ‘Donald Trump, President of the United States and Professional Twitter Bully, spent some time in Alabama today greeting people and autographing items, among them hats, $100 bills, and Bibles. As in…
(Illustration: Artwork by illustrator and portrait painter, Tim O’Brien, found here). Wet and chilly this late-afternoon Wednesday on California’s north coast — tomorrow expected to be sunny and Friday not-so-bad either. Big rain scheduled (penciled in, of course) for next weekend. An excellent point on the badly-written T-Rump saga came this afternoon from Amanda Marcotte at Salon —…
(Illustration: M.C Escher’s ‘Three Spheres II,’ found here). Cloudy and cold this early-evening Tuesday here on California’s north coast. Bright sunshine for most of the day, and real-chilly breezy, too. Started darkening-up late this afternoon, with rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Sunshine back supposedly on Thursday for a couple of days, then the cycle…
(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Seated Pierrot,’ found here). Cloudy and damp this early-evening Saturday on California’s north coast, though, I could see the three-quartered moon out my bedroom window a little while ago, but probably not now. Showered on-and-off all today, with some heavy downpours mixed in for good measure. More rain forecast tonight and in…
(Illustration found here). One good ground-gainer in all this horrifying news-life cycle-shit, and something which not too long ago would be considered a major no-no, especially while running for president of the United States, and apparently, the casual words denote a large (maybe majority) number of people who now think nothing of it: Democratic White House…
(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Agonizing Horse,’ found here). Clear and chilly this early-evening Friday on California’s north coast, a beautiful way to end our last few days of dry — gorgeous-bright and warm this morning without much wind at all, but cooled-off by mid-afternoon with the arrival of a sharp, crisp breeze. Yet still ‘good-as-it-gets’ for…
(Illustration: MC Escher’s engraving, ‘Old Oliver Tree,’ found here. Cold and dark this Thursday evening on California’s north coast — there was passing faded-yellow sunshine during late morning, early afternoon today, then later on, occasional bursts of bright between dark-gray clouds onward to right now. Rain expected tomorrow. And tomorrow being Friday, maybe another crazy…
(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Weeping Woman,’ found here). Near-about all sunshine and seemingly much warmer this Wednesday late-afternoon here on California’s north coast, and once again the Ma-le’l Dunes were a wonder — sort of like walking on the moon, but not at all. The State of the Union last night by the T-Rump was dark…
(Illustration: ‘Pinocchio,’ by Enrico Mazzanti (1852-1910), found here). Quietly wet this Sunday evening on California’s north coast — rain-showers and clouds all day, and although maybe a little undramatic, getting soaked is still no fun. Some real-foul weather though, down in the LA area, and along the Central Coast with heavy rain, mudslides and wind. Weathering…
