War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Fog and quiet this way-early Monday on California’s north coast and modern life continues somewhat unabated. As the Napa Valley down south of us cleans itself up after a 6.0 earthquake yesterday morning — already estimated to have caused $1 billion in damages — there’s another forest fire to the east that could become another…
A way-ordinary, routine-acting morning-fog environment for here on California’s north coast, but just three/four hours south, Sunday came early with a bang for the graveyard shift: Erica Gregory, who was brewing coffee while working by herself at the 24-hour Shell gas station on Highway 29 in Vallejo, said items started to fly off the shelves…
Foggy and quiet this early Saturday on California’s north coast and the water war continues — it’s a conflict between us drinking H2O and not. The well-known and infamous drought has plagued the Western US for years, and in California the problem is going from bad to worse, to even worse still — and no…
In the scope of life on a planet that’s really getting way-close to an enormous insane asylum, the general public is unaware of the infrastructure of normal. The situation in Ferguson, Missouri, for instance, should belong in not only in another country, but in another time — maybe like the 1960s. Fifty years ago, however,…
Overcast with a bit of ground fog this early Thursday morning on California’s north coast and the air is still and quiet — nice but rare nowadays. The horror in Missouri spills blood everywhere. One starts to wonder if the real lawless fright is coming from cops instead of gangsters and crackheads — unless you’re…
A bit of ground fog with a kind of warm quiet this early Wednesday on California’s north coast as we fall on through the work week. Beyond the horror of the new normal — beheadings on video, Egypt giving the US advice on crowd control, Rick Perry in jail, and so forth — you get…
Cool and quiet this early Tuesday on California’s north coast and the silence feels good on the brainwaves — nothing like a nice time before daylight. In the midst of bad shit all over, there seems to be some natural fireworks coming from underground. In the European theater of dramatic effects, everybody’s paying attention to…
As manager of a liquor store, currency handling is a way of life, and one of the most-dirty, nasty and foul things on this earth is money. After awhile, your fingers turn black. One nasty floater is the $100 bill — a Benjamin, or just ‘Ben’ — which is the top dog of currency most-desired…
Light fog and cool this early Monday on California’s north coast as we start another work week. And from this vantage point, Friday looks years away. Today is special — for me. This is my last full-work week as I’m retiring, and the liquor store I manage will have to continue running without me. My…
Deep-blanket fog, bordering on drizzle this Sunday morning on California’s north coast, but unlike a shitload of other places all over this anxiety-riddled, ridiculous world, in a little while we’ll get sunshine and warmth. Technically, the weather people term it ‘Partly cloudy,’ but in reality, it’s as good as it gets — a few clouds…
