War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
High overcast and some ground fog this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — dark and quiet. A normal, natural cover for us, but a blanket on stargazing, and catching a fleeing glimpse of the Delta Aquarid meteor shower going on right now, supposedly popping down to earth 15 to 20 meteors an hour, if…
Here we are with another Monday, and the last two days are just a much-faded memory — seems last Friday afternoon is now just a finger-snap in the past. This coming Friday? Way-the-fuck down the road. Madeleine Albright yesterday responded to Bob Schieffer’s question on how uniquely screwed is the world right now: “We all…
Overcast and way-dark this early Friday on California’s north coast as we look forward to the weekend, now within earshot. Hairy week past with airplanes falling out of the sky at an alarming rate — blown up or just blew up, a horror by any other name. And what’s really hairy is the misplaced fountain…
Clear as a bell this early Thursday on California’s north coast, with some stars twinkling round about — long time since I’d seen stars in the morning. Fog is the usual culprit. This is another post on climate change. I do a lot of these, mainly because it’s the most-serious, out-of-control problem facing life right…
Overcast and a bit on the gloomy side this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, no fog but a deep, empty silence. Usually I can hear the Pacific Ocean making some kind of noise only a mile or so away, but this morning all is quiet. The news cycle ain’t at all. Apparently from all…
High overcast this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, and instead of ground fog, there’s a wide, black sky hanging over us. No stars are visible, though, just a deep dark. Now nearly 13 years later, the attack on the World Trade Center has left the US and the world in general under a deep,…
Ground fog again this way-too-early, and way-too-soon Monday as we climb out onto the limb of a work week. Saturday and Sunday appear to pass in a flash — and here we are! This can’t be good news for us in the dry-tinder western US and the hope of an El Niño-influenced rainy season: While forecasts of…
(Illustration: ‘The White Tiger of Autumn,’ by Kevin Lee Drum found here). On this early Sunday, the world is in a fog. Here on California’s north coast, it’s literal — deep, ground fog, a normal, misty part of the local environment. In a couple of hours or so, sunshine and warm breezes. Out in the…
Overcast and a bit of ground fog this way-too-early Friday on California’s north coast as we look the weekend square in the eyes — and Saturday blinked. The air’s somewhat cooler this morning, too, so maybe we’re catching some of that polar vortex shit. Meanwhile, out in the world, real shit is hitting the fan.…
Ground fog again this early Thursday on California’s north coast as the work week starts to grind down toward the finish line of Friday afternoon. The weekend is now in plain sight. Yesterday, one discovery was the weird crater on the Russian Siberian peninsula of Yamal, which means the ‘end of the world.’ All kinds of theories…
