‘Just Planetary Dynamics’

Sunshine burning-off the fog this Sunday morning on California’s north coast — clear sunrise earlier, but then a chilled-moist marine layer came cat-feeting ashore with thick vapor soup; now eastern skies are bright with sun, and today most-likely a repeat of yesterday as the fog bank melts away. Although the skies could get near-clear, the…

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Box of Chocolate

Bright with a warm breeze this Thursday afternoon here on California’s north coast — supposedly maybe some rain next Wednesday (about 50 percent’s worth), but until then, sunshine and a smooth sea breeze. Major surprise/shock this morning — a car I got just on Tuesday had a dead battery, and the situation is well beyond…

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Downward Economics

Thick, misty-fog this morning, but now well into Tuesday afternoon, faded sunshine is attempting to cut through the gloom, but seemingly having a hard time of it. Part-n-parcel this time of year for the shoreline, yet still sucks. An old guy now retired and surviving upon Social Security (formal name: Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance),…

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First Pix

After months of ignorance, my first photo off my digital camera I purchased ten months ago — a standard, low-tech and supposedly simple Vivitar DVR 410, but apparently still beyond my grasp. In all the instructions and whatnot, nary a word on an ‘external memory card,’ which puts the plain in ‘simple.’ A friend of…

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Unhinged Fabricators

Last night, in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, The Donald was faced by this statement-question off a guy from the audience (via NPR): ‘“We have a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one…”‘ The Donald hacked all around the question about Obama, stringing off into serious-sounding…

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A ‘Cruel System’ Necessitated

Another bright, sunshine afternoon on California’s north coast, rain now only a quick-memory as temperatures are expected to go warm again, especially in the interior valleys — still, ocean-breeze cool along the shoreline with some location-highs supposedly in the low-70s. And of California’s “super” saver (via the Washington Post): ‘“El Niño is a cruel system,”…

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Bright-Dry and Hot

Although some ‘isolated showers‘ are forecast for this Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast, right now it’s warm with big, fluffy clouds and lots of sunshine. Rainfall totals for our area aren’t available yet, but we felt a couple episodes of heavy downpours yesterday, and I could hear rain pattering early this morning. Hopefully the…

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