War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
A clear, beautiful early Wednesday morning here on California’s north coast, and as the half-moon hangs in the southern sky, the sound of the peaceful Pacific can be heard raging in the distance — only a couple of miles. A scene of ease and tranquility. Maybe in the mind, buddy. Mark Twain, ever the delightful…
Clear and kind of warm this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast, the near-half moon hanging like a bright closet-orb seen from far away. Day-to-day life viewed from the stars. In a world gone bat-shit crazy, focal points are seemingly on everything except the way-most important — the earth that moon is still-shining happily down…
Slightly overcast this way-early Monday on California’s north coast, and a bit on the warm side as we begin without further delay, another freakin’ work week. Work, work, toil and trouble — a money chase without real reason. The aim of work in the US the last goodly-half century has been upward mobility, but, yipes! Life…
What a difference 24-hours can make — or a week, or nearly seven years to the day. Politics in the US is currently a total bitch, filled with confusion, back-stabbing and hate. Yet with all this crude, ignorant bluster, there’s very little true-truth to power — no deep-throated, gut-induced ironic-sarcasm at the horrible shape of…
Two poetic courtroom-comments yesterday encapsulate the nowadays: The defense attorney for a woman charged with severing the penis of her estranged husband said she “had a break from reality” the night of the attack. And the prosecution countered: “They say anger is the wind that blows out the candle of the mind.” Awoke this morning in…
High fog, or low clouds this morning with just a hint of cool as we start off Thursday here on California’s north coast — and it’s a snap in summer’s direction, too. Yesterday was the hottest yet this year, and a new record for Eureka — about 10 miles south of myself — and at…
Crystal clear and warm this Wednesday morning on California’s northern coast and the near-full moon dominates the western sky, creating a sun-up look albeit from the opposite direction. A full moon due tomorrow — called this month, a “pink” moon, which also will take place on the same night as a lunar eclipse, but will…
Clear skies this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — the moon a white light in the western sky. Weather that’s true or not, who’s to say? Indeed, as the dust settles a bit off last week’s string of shit, and President Obama did the right thing yesterday in putting young Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on trial…
A week later here on this way-early Monday — the trauma of the last few days still pretty intense even if the bloodied dust has settled. Now the bullshit begins. Tamerlan Tsarnaev is dead, his brother, Dzhokhar, in custody and reportedly responding to written questions. The big question, however, is what to do next —…
Another Saturday, another week gone-on-down the road. These past days, though, have been one for the so-called books; a near-literary, five part mini series starting Monday and ending yesterday, tied together by one crazy, weirdly-related, mirror-narrative of a most-violent future. A time-yet-to-be seen viewed in near-real time and from many angles — anyone with access…