War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration: NASA satellite image of California’s drought, late January-early February 2014, found here). Drizzling sprinkles this early Friday on California’s north coast as the season slowly shifts, a little quiet, too, as yesterday afternoon turned exceptionally gorgeous — bright sunshine and a pleasant breeze, which seemed to feel more warm than it really should, or…
Ground fog and chilly this early Thursday on California’s north coast. Supposedly, today will mirror Wednesday — fog and then sunny. Routine sounding, but a walk along the waves breaking on Clam Beach yesterday afternoon was simply delightful. Strong sun and a calming breeze, which my youngest daughter and I found to be also quite…
Fog still hanging early Wednesday afternoon here on California’s north coast — another autumn sequence on the road to wintertime. And with the fog, there was no “blood moon” for us this pre-dawn morning — not so elsewhere, depending on location, the phenomenon was “very spectacular.” But online, the choice location: Except on the Internet,…
Another decent-size earthquake in the vicinity just a little while ago — a 4.2 on the Richter, about 126 miles from me, northwest in the Pacific Ocean, due west of the Oregon/California border. I hadn’t felt a thing — just spied it on one of my paranoidal-periodical checks at the USGS site for all worldwide, but especially…
Part-n-parcel on the road to the Great American Dream (via the Washington Post): But then there are deeper factors at work. The economy has gotten bigger, but much of that growth hasn’t reached the middle class. Indeed, the top 1 percent grabbed 95 percent of all the gains during the recovery’s first three years. And…
Another sunshine-splashed afternoon, flavored with a fairly-chilled breeze — otherwise, near picture perfect. Old people. I’m now into my second month of retirement, and sort of weird as shit, peculiar only in passing. Yet at the same time, on another level, no big deal. So far, the biggest working-adjustment is time — this is Wednesday,…
Overcast with a sharp-chilly wind this Thursday morning on California’s north coast — maybe more rain today, but the chances are slim. We did get some good totals from that last couple of days, especially here on the shoreline were storms can pass right over us. According to the NWS preliminary rainfall totals, my little town…
A wall of gray this early Monday on California’s north coast — thick fog again, and really wet. My back patio appears as if there’d been a soft, but really-nice-enough rain last night. Just thick-ass fog. No rain, however, coming soon for any of these parts. Way-down south, in the heated-bowels of Los Angeles, everybody…
Dawn was clear and bright, but fog arrived silently to steal the thunder. Another Friday here on California’s north coast and this morning keeps the weather pattern alive — bright and warm early on, then sunshine and a brisk-chilled wind in the afternoon. As there’s already a shitload of crap news caused by asshole earthlings,…
Another damp, foggy morning on California’s north coast as Monday starts another round of life — and a still-odd sense being in a “retired” state of mind. Mondays ain’t the same without no job. My insomnia is still with me, though, and I endured a long night’s journey to daylight to get here. Although I…
