War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Sunshine and a sharp ocean breeze this Saturday afternoon on California’s north coast — whipping into the Labor Day weekend and the unofficial end of summer. A short-burst of a summer, too. Rapid and unpredictable, maybe the words, or in the interest of financial markets, ‘volatile,’ and hopefully these aren’t infamous last words: ‘“As China…
Sunshine and warmth this Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast — fog burned off earlier, but without much wind, and now it’s calm, so the heat’s up. Yet what’s down as we spin a start into the fabled fourth of July weekend is gas-pump prices: ‘“Gas prices are about 60 cents below those of this…
Clear sunshine and windy this Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast as we mosey on through a heat-wave scorching across the state. Although we’re forecast for the low-70s today, the sea breeze keeps the temperatures down into a slight chilled effect — not so in the interior with triple-digit numbers searing eastern mountain valleys. Extreme…
Clear-looking to the east this early Friday on California’s north coast, and a bright sun-up if the fog don’t get here first — chilly a bit now, though, supposedly we could see/feel 70-degrees today. Unlikely to happen, as this afternoon’s wind-chill factor will keep any soothing warmth out of the air. Although we’re a few…
Overcast still going on into the late afternoon here on California’s north coast, with some added patchy ground fog, only sunshine so far a hazy, faded-yellow glare shifting the gray every so often — a damp, shoreline chill, too, added to the mix. One item I haven’t been keeping up with in the last weeks…
Thick ground fog again this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, a routine now as per about-normal for spring and early-approach to summer. Seasons are quick nowadays it seems, hard to believe we’re closing in on the end of April — 2015, where art thou gone? Across the vast Pacific, time quickens, too. And possibly…
Thinly-overcast this early Friday morning on California’s north coast, producing some faded sunshine, which is better than none at all. And the wind is down, too, also a game-changer this close to the shoreline — nice and warm so far. A decent-sized rain system expected by Sunday, maybe earlier, and supposedly could last until the…
Rain again this early Monday on California’s north coast, feels like it’s raining all over the world. Nearly two months of this wet stuff for most of the time, and the accompanying, gray-gothic clouds, real-gloomy-like if continuous. Yet we need all the rain we can handle, and then some. High-point yesterday, the first day of…
One giant story given nearly-back-burner status is this steep decline in oil prices. Via Reuters this afternoon: ‘Benchmark Brent crude oil settled down 37 cents at $78.10 a barrel, after rising as much as 98 cents during the session. It has lost $1.31 in the past three sessions. U.S. crude finished down 3 cents at…
Bright sunshine and a seemingly-warm breeze this early Monday here on California’s north coast, a kind of opposite to the weather across the US upper mid-west, where temperatures are “…about 20 degrees below the average high…” and nabs the title, ‘Winter Storm Astro,’ first of the season. And a first, too, a Fukushima “fingerprint” is…
