War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Illustration to the left, M.C Escher’s ‘Hand with Reflecting Sphere,’ or also, ‘Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror‘ (found here), is an echo of some weird-ass shit in this framed in small-detail of the artwork, like the ceiling lamp in such an odd position: In the centre of the picture is Escher, looking straight at the viewer.…
Sunny and a breezy Wednesday afternoon here on California’s north coast — earlier, took the dogs for a run at Little River State Beach (and dunes) and although a little misty, foggy for awhile at the start, but sunshine soon broke out, and it was awesome-gorgeous. The illustration to the left, ‘Basic Shapes,‘ by caricaturist/illustrator…
(Illustration found here). Sundown Wednesday here on California’s north coast, clear, dying-gray skies, touched along the westward edges with a little bright tinge, a sense of approaching dark. Chilly, though, as it’s been since about noon-time today when the icy-north wind arrived — earlier was easy warm, was hoping it would stay that way, but…
(Illustration found here). A warm and bright Monday afternoon on California’s north coast. Despite temperatures only in the mid-50s around noon-time, the lack of any decent wind fostered a much-more-warmer feeling. Walking the dogs earlier out on Little River State Beach the air felt actually, ‘hot.’ Even if using that word too soon in the…
Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Seated Pierrot,’ found here). A small, tiny post this afternoon at one of my favorite sites, ‘Lawyers,Guns&Money,’ made me sad: In the recesses of the internet, there are still people plugging away on blogs. We are one of them! But as one of the few independent blogs with actual readership still in…
(Illustration: Artwork by illustrator and portrait painter, Tim O’Brien, found here). Wet and chilly this late-afternoon Wednesday on California’s north coast — tomorrow expected to be sunny and Friday not-so-bad either. Big rain scheduled (penciled in, of course) for next weekend. An excellent point on the badly-written T-Rump saga came this afternoon from Amanda Marcotte at Salon —…
(Illustration: M.C Escher’s ‘Three Spheres II,’ found here). Cloudy and cold this early-evening Tuesday here on California’s north coast. Bright sunshine for most of the day, and real-chilly breezy, too. Started darkening-up late this afternoon, with rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Sunshine back supposedly on Thursday for a couple of days, then the cycle…
(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Seated Pierrot,’ found here). Cloudy and damp this early-evening Saturday on California’s north coast, though, I could see the three-quartered moon out my bedroom window a little while ago, but probably not now. Showered on-and-off all today, with some heavy downpours mixed in for good measure. More rain forecast tonight and in…
(Illustration: Salvador Dali’s ‘Hell Canto 2: Giants,’ found here). Drizzle and cold-breezy this late-afternoon Thursday on California’s north coast — supposedly, rain later tonight, continuing tomorrow and on-through the weekend. The NWS, though, calls the precipitation ‘Showers,’ so it may not be such a heavy downpour. Sunshine perhaps on Sunday and hopefully-bright days to mid-next week. Right…
In some regard to our current state of life — one of the most-inflictive musical sounds coming via a sensual-philosophical motif from long, long ago, but not-all-that-far away: During the mid-to-late 1990s. I was first a customer, then worked as a barista, and even at one point managed one of the greatest public business/entity ever, the…
