War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration: ‘Increasing Forest Fire Activity,’ (watercolor and colored pencil, 2015), by Jill Pelto, and found here). On the eve of the UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, our environment is reeling from one catastrophe to another with recent studies painting an ominous, dire future picture of our one-and-only planet. In the look-alike squabbling taking place…
Skies will supposedly light up for Halloween this weekend thanks to a sun-stroked solar flare: (Video of yesterday’s solar activity found here). A bit of whimsy this morning in the face of ugly planet-bound news — a colorful sparkle for Sunday. Details via Space.com this morning: A massive solar flare from the sun could lead…
Sunshine and clear skies this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley as we return to normalcy after a brief-flair of a storm this weekend and yesterday — many parts of the state were slammed by heavy downpour and wind with record rainfalls recorded in several spots, but the Valley pretty-much missed the boat. However,…
(Illustration: Cartoon by Kevin Kallaugher (KAL), and found here). One of the worst people on the planet right now is most-likely Joe Manchin. I know, I know there are murderers out there, rapists, child abusers/pedophiles, killers in mass, yet most of these-pieces-of-shit are hopefully confined to a small space of horror-infliction and not in a…
Partly cloudy with an occasional glimpse of sunshine here in California’s Central Valley — our version of the first big storm of the season was quick and short with hard rain ending this morning. Although we didn’t seem to catch the blunt impact of the system, we did see some heavy wet stuff earlier, and…
(Illustration: ‘Mammoths from the Ice Age,’ 1969 (gouache on paper), by Angus McBride, and found here). Overcast and maybe a bit on the warm side this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — rain could be coming. Meanwhile, up on the state’s north coast, a “bomb cyclone” system will strike this weekend, with advance…
(Illustration: Famous Santa Monica, California, Pier with 1.5°C (2.7°F) rise in global temperatures, and found here). Way-windy and chilly this mid-day Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley, but nowhere as fierce as yesterday’s blustery time — this morning on our daily walk with Leroy (my daughter’s Basset hound/Greyhound mix) there was down tree limbs/debris along our…
A smoke-tainted ambiance in the air this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, with just an occasional slight dab of sunshine to give our view out windows a muted-bright sheen — once again, we’re back into a Mars-like motif to the weather, a freaky phenomenon becoming more common. Currently our second-straight year of “The…
Appropriately nice this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, with some enjoyable sunshine coupled with temps in the upper-80s, but well out of the hot zone. Also today out of an economic hot zone is our federal government — no shutdown at least for the next 90 days or so: ‘The stopgap measure, known…
Windy and a bit on the chilly side this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — after months of outrageous heat, a weather shift in a time of climate change. And of which, climate-change activist Greta Thunberg drilled the establishment in a speech today laced with sarcasm aimed at do-nothing people in power: Greta…
