War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
In honor of MLK Day tomorrow, some music in reflection. (Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Self Portrait Facing Death‘ [June 30, 1972], was originally found here.) I’m not familiar at all with MLK and music so we’ll go with UDiscover Music from last year: On April 4, 1968, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, who was shot…
(‘Venus de Milo‘ being indecently seen at The Louvre — image found here.) Upset in the sea of idiocy by everything Republican, Missouri’s House of Representatives went a hundred steps further last week and adopted a new dress code — for women legislators only. And forbid the sight of a woman’s shoulders uncovered. Noted via…
Rain and wind this Saturday morning here in California’s Central Valley — a familiar story for weeks now — and an even-bigger storm is expected later today. Forecasts call for a kind of letting-up respite of all this wet shit maybe the middle of next week. If nothing else, a welcome sign. My kids have…
(Artwork: ‘The Deluge,’ by Bill Russell, and found here). Quickly-darkening skies from the west this Tuesday morning here in California’s Central Valley as we await another deluge in a seemingly endless series of rainstorms to drown out real life on the west coast — creeks overflowing, roads closed, forced evacuations, weather-related horror stories continue. An…
Rain and more rain made wet-worse by swirling wind — a set pattern this mid-morning Monday here in California’s Central Valley. The seemingly never-ending storms continue unabated and are part of our natural future days. Today and this week appear much the same: Details via NPR just shortly ago: Another powerful winter storm system is…
Overcast, windy, and on the chilly side this early evening Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re awaiting another storm system to make its way into our area tonight to keep this note-worthy series of rain-influenced cyclone bombs a-coming. And these suckers are heavily-laded inbound: A note to heighten the anxiety — from The…
Faded sunshine and billowy clouds this Friday mid-morning in California’s Central Valley as we enjoy a respite from the rivers of rain that have plastered us the last few days. Reportedly, this is just a short stay as more heavy wet shit is due tonight and on into the weekend. As the bullshit continues in…
Thickly overcast with just a slight sprinkle this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, and although we got rain-hammered last night, hopefully, the most-potent downpour is gone for a while. An ‘atmospheric river’ that collided with the coast yesterday will still play out in more wetness and subsequent flooding for days to come. Water…
Dark-gray overcast this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — a contrast to a beautiful morning we had with blue skies and way-plenty of sunshine. Although it started deteriorating about noonish, it still for a while was about as good as it gets for this time of year. Now just sooty and depressingly sad.…
(Illustration found here.) Drizzling rain and cold this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley as wet weather continues on into the new year — we set rainfall records on Friday and Saturday for my area and according to our NWS regional office more heavy rainfall is forecast for this week. Up to an inch…
