Sunny and warm a few minutes after the noon hour this Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — summer falling into autumn nice and easy. So far, anyway. In doomscrolling the news this morning, I…
Another musical death was announced today — Jimmy Buffett has died at 76. And apparently, he was way-more than a wonderful songwriter and lifestyle persona: Beyond the artistic whimsical, however, in that sense of being…
Ashen-gray (if there’s such a coloring) skies this Friday evening — weather is just climate done locally. In between sea-level rise and hot-ass ocean water, the just churned through Hurricane Idalia is a notable and…
Overcast and breezy warm just after the noon hour Friday here in California’s Central Valley — coolest day yet as we’re forecast for temps in the high 80s for today and the weekend as we…
I’ve smoked marijuana for nearly half a century, and I’m a much better person for it, so this is long, long overdue: Marijuana has a shitty history due to asshole history. Americans and Europeans had…
Sunny and mild this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — and considering it’s still summer, use of the descriptive word ‘mild,’ is weather-wise saying a lot. As for instance, Hurricane Idalia’s cruise through…
Warm, but not unpleasant this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — we continue to slide into fall weather at a nice, not-boiling-hot pace. Yet in this ambiance, the shit still rises to the…
Sunny and mildly hot this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley. And today, too, the death of the iconic Bob Barker at 99. In truth, I hadn’t thought about him for years and years,…
Nice and sunny this late afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — weather-wise a most-pleasant way to end the work week. Unpleasant, however, is this ugly, nefarious mug that has washed across the InterWebs…
Hot and still this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, and once again bright, glaring sunshine to melt the air before it even touches your skin — a bit overboard, but close enough. Across…