Compatible Creatures by Bruce Maulden
War, Politics, and Life
Another bright morning here on California’s north coast, and a Monday at that, and the summer-like weather continues as we’re forecast for ‘warm’ temperatures and gentle ocean breezes. All masquerading as weather. And climate, though, the latter is shifting. An observation: Just about every week recently there’s an environmental study/report/research released indicating some bad indicator…
Bright and shiny this early Sunday on California’s north coast, and from appearances already, another beautiful, warm one for us — might top 80-degrees maybe. Wind the major influence for here-near the shoreline, makes a crucial difference, as those cool, ocean breezes via the NWS, ‘…becoming calm in the morning.’ Afterwards, the thermometer starts trailing…
Clear, bright sunshine this early Saturday on California’s north coast — a few-days spread of some warm weather, maybe in the mid-80s this weekend, though, ocean breezes keep our temperatures mellow near the shoreline. Yet lose the breeze, lose that swagger and cool — which happened yesterday, winds were near none-existent, with the afternoon unusually…
Intense sunshine this afternoon and a pleasant, comfortable wind — gorgeous! One more for the Left Coast: California is the first to ban plastic bags at the state level. Gov. Moonbeam Brown signed the law today — Lost Coast Outpost has the local angle. And the major ingredient of those bags is oil — reportedly…
Clear and chilly this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — we’re forecast for some warm weather the next few days, supposedly near 80 tomorrow. Here so near the shoreline, though, all bets are either hedged, or called-off completely. Interesting weather-related new thing this morning, the NWS issued its first/last freeze warning dates for the…
Overcast with a fog-like damp chill here early Sunday on California’s north coast — and a little-bit of a breeze, too. A logical lede to a surprise story I spied only this morning about climate, and, wind. Our only home is the earth — an awesome, interconnected organism, arranged on many levels — and rising…
Warm sunshine and a soft, cool breeze this Saturday afternoon, on California’s north coast. Weekend days are so different those days in rest of the week on a shitload of levels — even the tempo is dissimilar, time itself seems to bend a little. Now a month-old retiree, I’ve suddenly inherited big blocks of time…
Overcast with a sharp-chilly wind this Thursday morning on California’s north coast — maybe more rain today, but the chances are slim. We did get some good totals from that last couple of days, especially here on the shoreline were storms can pass right over us. According to the NWS preliminary rainfall totals, my little town…
Windy, darkly-overcast, and storm-awaiting this afternoon here on California’s north coast — supposedly this up-coming wet-weather front could maybe douse us with a couple of inches of rain. And the wind is more-than brisk, gusting supposedly up to 25 mph, and really warm — winds coming out of the south, from over the Pacific, and…
Overcast and quiet this early Monday on California’s north coast — outside my apartment the world seems slow in moving, as if putting off a hardscrabble reality a few minutes longer. And the forecast does call for more rain this week, starting maybe as early as tonight, and getting fairly heavy by Wednesday — or…
