War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration: Artwork from the UN’s International Children’s Painting Competition, found here). Raindrops and gray — a wet-touch with color for this early-evening Sunday here on California’s north coast, the air all day clipped by some way-brisk wind — reportedly, should be sunny tomorrow, at least that’s what WunderBlog forecasts. More rain supposedly on Tuesday, followed by…
Insult to injury sort of, climate change continues unabated — new report yesterday on greenhouse gases from the World Meteorological Organization Bad bottom line per Common Dreams: “The last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of CO2 was 3-5 million years ago, when the temperature was 2-3°C warmer and sea level was 10-20 meters…
Cloudy, foggy, smokey here on California’s north coast this Tuesday evening — all the characteristics of the state right now, the natural tempered with some terrifying wildfires raging both north and south. Amazing how and where smoke can travel… A crazed wildfire of horror in DC — Rolling Stone talked to some mental health professionals…
Way-appropriate emotional point on this eve of the big-bang Ballot Day:: Just the gut feeling — you want to feel optimistic, you want to lean-into the wondrous polls calling for a Blue Wave, but the anguish-horror of failure — if Republicans keep the House, and Senate, or even if the midterm is a return to…
Orange-tainted air this early evening Monday, Labor Day, here on California’s north coast, and still fairly warm. Weird weather continued today, heat persisting, even shrouded in a fog-like overcast of low-clouds infected with smoke off forest fires all over the Northwest — two biggies, one in Siskiyou County, another over in Trinity County, is fueling…
Sunshine still this late Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast — another gorgeous episode of summer. T-Rump appears in a rapid melt-down, or even worse — oh, the causticity, as explained this morning by Gail Collins at the New York Times: Pick your favorite irony: 1) Donald Trump turns out to be terrible at firing…
Sunny and cool this late-afternoon Thursday on California’s north coast — high, sparse clouds shining through a smooth, crisp ocean breeze makes life along the shoreline more-than fairly nice. Anti-nice and horrifying was the scene earlier today in the White House Rose Garden — the T-Rump announced he was pulling the US out of the…
Rain this late-afternoon Wednesday on California’s north coast, with an occasional heavy-downpour accompanied by some gusty winds — the current cycle will reportedly play out sometime tomorrow, and maybe steady-sunshine by Friday. Our rainy season this year is really getting old… Beyond not-enough sunshine, also irritating is the dangerous T-Rump — the bullshit off the…
Sunshine and floating fluffy clouds this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — and warm, too. A gorgeous day along the shoreline, but supposedly short-lived as another system due early tomorrow morning. Next sun forecast for Friday. This morning, the NWS released March’s preliminary rainfall totals for the area, and once again/continuous high-volume wet — my…
Gorgeous this late-afternoon Thursday on California’s north coast — bright-blaring sunshine, a warm-feeling breeze, a way-nice deferment from wet weather. No retrieve from the T-Rump disease, however. A right-on explanation for the canker on the world came yesterday from Down-Under — Gareth Evans, Australia’s former foreign minister, in a speech described in lyrical, mouth-full accuracy…
