War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Foggy and overcast this way-too-early Monday with another work week staring me straight in the face — the only consolation is it will be Friday again before anyone really notices. Time seems to slow just a hair on the weekend, then blasts off again into the week. Little-known off-the-wall factoid: The average respondent in the…
Not a note of happiness or ease-of-mind: A shallow magnitude 4.4 earthquake was reported Saturday morning 17 miles from Rio Dell, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:46 a.m. PDT at a depth of 11.8 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 21 miles from Fortuna, 34 miles from Eureka…
A gentle spring rain this morning on California’s north coast, quiet and soft like a baby’s bottom — warm, too, like a full diaper. If this was the weekend, good sleeping weather. But it’s only Thursday and it’s just wet. And because of last night, I will face the horror before the weekend: A jackpot of…
Patchy cloud cover this early Wednesday allows a few twinkling stars to peek through and later maybe the sun will arise like thunder — up here on California’s north coast, however, the shine will most-likely be only a squeaky peek. The weather’s been quiet around these parts lately, but that don’t mean it ain’t screaming…
Clear and warm this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — the low-roar sound of the peaceful Pacific seems to come from afar, though, the ocean is only a mile or two away. Noise depends on the air. And in DC, the din has become nearly oppressive. President Obama has most-likely shit in his mess…
Deep ground fog this early Monday on California’s north coast and will most-likely burn off before too long — another ‘normal‘ day fashioning itself. Quiet and still — a facade to the upcoming work week that will most-likely produce more bat-shit crazy. The good, ole US of A is one messed-up place — Shannon Roberts at…
Sunday morning up here on California’s northern coast and the living is cool. And the hunt for triple-homicide suspect Shane Miller continues just south of where I’m at — he’s charged with killing his wife and two daughters last week over in Shasta County, about 200 miles east of here. Miller knows the area and has…
I mentioned this last week and its approach (via National Geographic): An instrument near the summit of Mauna Loa in Hawaii has recorded a long-awaited climate milestone: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere there has exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in 55 years of measurement — and probably…
Overcast and warm this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — we had some rain yesterday and last night, but not enough to really feel the wet. Although the banging was pretty strong when I dozed off to sleep, this morning there was just fog and some dripping heard pinging around the back patio. We…
Just when you thought George Jr. was even close to being pretty, a couple of horror-shots of his legacy loom large. The first: The escalating violence has residents of Baghdad stocking up on rice, vegetables and other foods in case fighting or curfews prevent them from getting to shops. “It is wrong to say we…
