War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Clear skies and a bit of fading sunshine this early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — today a respite from the rain and cold, which is reportedly set to return tomorrow and then on-and-off rest of the month. Weathering nature is maybe somewhat easier than doing weathering on life in America. Today was primary…
Sixty years ago last week a political-oriented, “hard news” photographer with the UK’s Dailey Express was upset after being reassigned to cover The Beatles in Paris, but eventually ended up traveling with them to America and became an inside witness to ‘Beatmemania‘ — highlighted by an Ed Sullivan performance: The photographer, Harry Benson, recalled that…
Fog and coldness once again this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — close to finishing out an average day set in a not-average age. Also end of the fabled work week on a note of surreal images of a time of pure weirdness. Apparently, not a heavy-duty Friday news dump today, thus we…
Deep ‘tule fog‘ this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — a normal day in a becoming more abnormal of a new year. Some shit that caught my eye/ear this morning/afternoon — getting weird out there. First off some sweet normal — Joe Biden was in Raleigh, NC, today and while there made a…
(Image/illustration found here.) Sunshine and seemingly not-so-chilled wind this Wednesday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley — a respite from the cold rain and fog we’ve been experiencing the last month of so. Despite the calendar time gap, I’m ready/wanting some heat. And in connection with the word, ‘heat,’ today another piece-of-shit climate-change news, and…
In just a couple of weeks of a new year, we’ve gotten a tally on how shitty this election coming to ground already is going to be — here this Tuesday afternoon, last night’s Iowa frozen votes reveals the T-Rump is running the show. Despite all the actual horror of the Orange Turd, he’s not…
NOTE: This a re-post of a significant memory detail from the distant past, seemingly really, really relevant today. This is an essay-like piece of mine from a way-while back, originally published Dec. 30, 2007, at a long-gone site where I tried to put an online news-type magazine together, but quickly failed. Appeared here at Compatible…
A wet-gray and cold late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley. Although kind of nasty outside, it’s nothing compared to a giant chunk of the US right now, from super-freezing snow storms in the midwest to tornadoes in the south — the weather’s shitty all over. Americans seem aware that despite the winter conditions, climate…
UPDATE: Overnight problems — nothing serious, surgery re-scheduled for next month. Eye surgery again tomorrow at the Fresno VA so the posting here will be slim to none the next few days. This is part two of two parts — right eye in November, left tomorrow — in a cataract surgical procedure. It’s a same-day…
Another Monday in a new year with a lot of hold-over shit still bubbling along, especially with the Jan. 6 insurrection/riot at the US Capitol three years ago a forefront news item that will most likely impact this upcoming election year. If you didn’t know T-Rump was a cruel, shitface asshole, now’s the time. Especially…
