War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Low-overcast, damp and gloomy this early Sunday on California’s north coast — time cracks quickly into a new month, and asshole Santa Claus is fading further back yonder. As I sit here in relative comfort, down south LA-way, there’s mudslides off some way-heavy rains, while out in Chicago, after another six inches of snow has…
Steady rain with fog this way-too-early Thursday here on California’s north coast as we wade through a series of weather systems guaranteed to water-down the region, but not stop the dry. Fog with rain seems unusual, but we get it all the time — unusual a way of life behind the Redwood Curtain. The state…
Crystal-clear and cold in an alliterated early Friday here on California’s north coast — all is quiet. We’re supposed to have sunshine and warm temperatures the next few days, and no rain for some time. Woke up in a sad funk this morning. On occasion I start a day like this, especially if my kids…
High overcast and a bit on the cold side this way-too-early Thursday on California’s north coast, with not much rain in sight for the next few days. The weekend is forecast for sunny and warm — Ha! to winter. However, the weather is after all, the weather and nobody knows the future. Especially, the guys/gals…
(Illustration: NASA satellite image of California’s drought, late January-early February 2014, found here). Picture of brown — the photo above looks like it came from history, a snapshot of some past time. But no… In that time-frame with the image, California is in the midst of its worse drought since such record-keeping started, in 1885,…
Drizzling rain and chilly this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with extra precipitation forecast for the rest of the day. Tomorrow and the rest of the week is expected to be rain-free, and maybe a bit warmer than the last couple of days. Are weather warnings/forecasts just another form of ‘“too cute by half“‘…
Here we are again on another Monday and the start another work week — at least it’s clear with just a slight, chilled breeze here on California’s north coast. Rain has disappeared for a few hours. Yesterday was gorgeous, sunshine and warm — I even opened the windows to let the fresh sea air engulf…
Raining and warm again this early Friday (finally!) on California’s north coast as we continue on into winter’s tropical grip. Ha! And this day is supposedly special, made for sad, love-struck nit-twits like one Joel Barish: “Random thoughts for Valentine’s Day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies. To make people feel…
Low fog with a rain mix this Monday morning here on California’s north coast as the first-so-far winter storm has completed its cycle. We’re forecast for another wet system by the middle of the week, which is supposed to bring more rain for the parch-droughty countryside. And like a lot of other shit nowadays, we’ll…
Now a year older than even their famous oldsters’ love ballad, time appears on occasion similar to a snap-of-the fingers — here yesterday, then real-sudden-like, half-a-century later. Tonight marks the 50th anniversary of a brand-new ballgame: ‘Fuck You — It’s My Fuckin’ Life.’ Or, way-more-lame, the first appearance of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan…
