Compatible Creatures: War, Politics, and Life

(‘Spider Of The Evening‘ by Salvador Dali, and found here). Lately, some bit of news reflection strikes me between the eyes and creates a desire to pass on some words signifying/explaining our current political/social/cultural content. This Friday afternoon it’s Josh Marshall’s conclusion to his daily newsletter at TPM  (paywall) about  ICE-produced, real-time terror/horror activity and […]

An accumulation of the shitstorm of a clusterfuck the T-Rump is bringing to the table of life on this planet. It might be a Monday early evening here in California’s Central Valley, but history/time-wise the clock seemingly will strike midnight in seconds from now. Figure worst-case scenario: Amanda Marcotte notes just how I feel: “I’m […]

Quiet and bright this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley. This whole weekend has been a turnaround as both days were sunshine and clear-blue skies with way-little wisps of that nasty, depressing tule fog we’d been inundated with the last couple of months. First post in nearly six weeks — too heart sick and […]

Deep gray-cloudy, ominous skies this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re in the aftermath of an AR and the ground is most-likely way-close to being saturated with rainwater. The downpour stopped a few hours ago, but looks/feels like it could start back up any minute. Reportedly, in for a breather for the […]

Rain again this near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — a wet story of horror: (Illustration by Australian political cartoonist Fiona Katauskas, and found this morning at the Guardian.) In this terrible, dangerous, and surreal age of the T-Rump, there’s so much shit flooding the zone that a lot of serious particulars are swallowed […]