War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
My cell-phone tells me it’s Wednesday, so we’ll go with that, despite the real fact it feels like yesterday, or a week ago. In a convoluted era of surreal craziness, this is by far one nice portrayal of our human predicament (humble h/t Daily Kos): Beyond that brief bit of joy, the big picture don’t…
Sunny-warm this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley, 77-degrees still with maybe a chance of topping 80 tomorrow — summer’s coming. Yet the winter of our discontented virus continues… (Illustration by Kelly Caminero at The Daily Beast). In the T-Rump’s presser/rally today, and as yesterday, he has a shitload of trouble handling the truth…
Another Monday, but maybe it’s still yesterday, or maybe still, it’s really Tuesday, but one thing for certain, the T-Rump is one crazy-ass motherfucker who’s getting thumped by White House reporters — even today, or whenever: Mainly for shit like this: Notice the CNN chyron — in several clips of T-Rump’s idiot presser there’s been…
As been written, and spoken: A picture is worth a thousand words: Last Friday, my daughter took the above photo of a playground on the Rascal Bike Path which meanders through the suburban northeast section of the City of Merced. I’d spied the tape across the equipment earlier that morning during my nearly-daily walk with…
Another Saturday in a scenario where all seven days of the week seemed to have clogged together like we’re all living in a way-weirdly-elongated weekend, time gets fuzzy and hard to grasp. Not going out and about is a wear-and-tear process, because when you do go out, the trip is bizarre, akin to awkwardly walking…
Cold-cloudy and breezy this early-evening here in California’s Central Valley. The weirdness of life cornered in a pandemic continues. Yesterday I was mistaken in our local COVID-19 confirmed cases, and even worse today — 12 added in the last 24 hours, bringing our total in Merced County to 52 with three deaths (Merced Sun-Star). This…
Overcast-gloomy this early-evening Wednesday in California’s Central Valley, looks and feels like more rain, just as forecast for tonight, along with a 60-percent chance tomorrow. Weather under the weather, too. Still continuing onward the coronavirus, though, new predictions indicate maybe there could be less lives lost than originally expected, a glimmer of hope as ‘pandemic‘…
Rain, dark clouds and thunder this early evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley, a fitting day for the time. Big news maybe (in relation to other ‘Big News‘), UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been placed in an ICU unit after his COVID-19 infection worsened, in case he required a ventilator. A shit-storm of…
Raining this early-evening Saturday here on this tiny patch of California’s Central Valley. Outside just now smoking a small bit of a Black&Mild under the backyard-lawn umbrella, the ambiance was nice, a tad maybe on the fairy-tale side, too. Contrast greatly the reality of our predicament, and this actuality of how we got here (h/t…
End of what-used-to-be another work week, but Friday now could easily be a Wednesday in the current state of affairs. Or a Tuesday. Chief topic, of course, remains COVID-19 and all connecting subjects. ‘Surreal‘ is a word I’d use, but it’s getting a bit worn lately, maybe ‘bizarre,’ or ‘freakish‘ in replacement, or perhaps a…
