War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Musing on writing as a form: A flashback post, and igniting were thoughts generated on the mechanics of writing, as for me, personally. And despite a way-shitload of subject matter, could sometimes feel no real emotional plea to sit at my laptop and formulate the appropriate words. In some way, the literary desire has been…
This particular day, 18 years ago, was a Tuesday. What a stretch of time, huh? In April 2007, war was the major topic, and shit looked bad — yet in a nowadays perspective, them was the good-ole-days. Sarah Palin was still more than a year off, and Barack Obama was already on the scene: ‘“America…
(Artwork: Leonid Pasternak‘s ‘The Passion of Creation,’ found here.) Originative writing is an art form for the mentally disturbed. An actuality proven by history and reality. Yet nowadays there are thousands, literally hundreds of thousands of writers out ‘there‘ (beyond my location, into the murky depths of everywhere, all at once, all the time), which…
Here this late-afternoon Friday, the blog calendar has run seventeen days without a post — my longest period of no-posting in well more than a year, maybe longer — and returning to the InterWebs with a bit on a long-time personal project now nearly 30 years in the making. Hence, an ‘obsessive‘ urge to maybe…
Hey to the way-few readers of Compatible Creatures — I’ll most-likely not be posting for a while. My children will be in town this week — we’ve got an Airbnb not too far away and it looks to be a fun time. A lot of shit will happen — or not — before I post…
Overcast and rainy-looking this Monday morning on California’s north coast — apparently, we had some heavy drizzle during the night, which might have been the early arrival for that ‘chance of showers‘ predicted by the NWS for tomorrow and Wednesday. No drought-buster, though. In the wake of freedom celebrations this past weekend, and Greeks voting…
Overcast with some light ground fog for good measure this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast — a chilly wind also moves around the moist, too. Rain now maybe set for Sunday, forecasters moving arrival up a few days earlier as they so oft are disposed. As a nine-month-old retiree, I never had a pension,…
Thick and gray, layered-looking clouds cloak my little view along California’s north coast this early Monday — creates a gray, unimaginative wet perspective. Indeed, the NWS says maybe some light drizzle later today, and rain maybe tonight, but all rests on the word, ‘maybe,’ as weather is not way-totally predictable, especially this close to the…
Despite a beautiful, sunshine-filled early morning, Monday afternoon finds itself wet once again — rain here on California’s north coast as the NWS terms it ‘isolated rain showers,’ but as reality reveals, it’s not all that remote. Clear skies are expected the rest of the week. As 2014 winds down, the epitome of the American…
Overcast, some ground fog and really quiet this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast — the environment typical for this area. Yesterday about the same. Fog in the morning, clearing with bright sunshine in the afternoon, but coupled with a strong, chilly wind. All’s normal on the Lost Coast. Surfing the news sites this morning…
