War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
A tight, chilly wind near sunset in California’s Central Valley this Sunday, drawing close to the end of another gorgeous day in a week-long respite from those ghastly atmospheric rivers. It’s been a time of drying out for our state and of counting the loss and the dry of a ‘whiplash weather’ pattern set to…
Occasional bright sunlight amidst thick, fluffy-white clouds this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, our second-in-a-row full day in a long time of luminous shine without any kind of a hint of rain. Although apparently, it did rain last night, the feeling today is near-awesome. Meanwhile, some shitty news — yesterday my daughter tested…
Beyond insane, climate-changed influenced weather, crazy-ass, mean-nasty Republicans, and general, overall stress and anxiety, now there comes Artificial intelligence (AI) to wrack our dwindling sensibilities. Quick definition of AI (SAS): ‘Artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks. Most AI examples that you…
Overcast and thick looking this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley — no rain right now, but we’ve had a shitload of the stuff the last several days to do a while, During a heavy-wet storm earlier in the afternoon, there was included some thunder and lightning — an unusual occurrence for us. Not…
In honor of MLK Day tomorrow, some music in reflection. (Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Self Portrait Facing Death‘ [June 30, 1972], was originally found here.) I’m not familiar at all with MLK and music so we’ll go with UDiscover Music from last year: On April 4, 1968, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, who was shot…
(‘Venus de Milo‘ being indecently seen at The Louvre — image found here.) Upset in the sea of idiocy by everything Republican, Missouri’s House of Representatives went a hundred steps further last week and adopted a new dress code — for women legislators only. And forbid the sight of a woman’s shoulders uncovered. Noted via…
Rain and wind this Saturday morning here in California’s Central Valley — a familiar story for weeks now — and an even-bigger storm is expected later today. Forecasts call for a kind of letting-up respite of all this wet shit maybe the middle of next week. If nothing else, a welcome sign. My kids have…
(Artwork: ‘The Deluge,’ by Bill Russell, and found here). Quickly-darkening skies from the west this Tuesday morning here in California’s Central Valley as we await another deluge in a seemingly endless series of rainstorms to drown out real life on the west coast — creeks overflowing, roads closed, forced evacuations, weather-related horror stories continue. An…
Rain and more rain made wet-worse by swirling wind — a set pattern this mid-morning Monday here in California’s Central Valley. The seemingly never-ending storms continue unabated and are part of our natural future days. Today and this week appear much the same: Details via NPR just shortly ago: Another powerful winter storm system is…
Faded sunshine and billowy clouds this Friday mid-morning in California’s Central Valley as we enjoy a respite from the rivers of rain that have plastered us the last few days. Reportedly, this is just a short stay as more heavy wet shit is due tonight and on into the weekend. As the bullshit continues in…
