Fire in the Forests of Mars

Fog-bound this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, but just a wee-bit to the east are huge chunks of deep-growth forests, dry and waterless, and in some places, on fire. A moist shoreline and a tinderbox interior. Countrywide, a variety of weather shit, though, tornadoes twisted across diverse locales — a four-minute one early yesterday…

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Day turns Dark

Does bad news get worse? Sometimes, and lately, a lot: “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But…

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Monday Dark Thirty

Ground fog and darkness this early, way-too-soon Monday — and this morning, along with the night, no electrical power. Although it’s been a long while since there’d been any kind of power outage around here, it’s still not any fun waking up to a deep–dark. The clock radio was silent and with no little light…

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