by Vernon Wade | Apr 18, 2022
We had family up for an Easter Bunny BBQ Saturday. It was the first gathering we’d hosted since The Contagion cast its shadow across the land. We had all been vaccinated but it still felt weird, invitng people, even family, into our home after two years of...
by Vernon Wade | Apr 6, 2022
Thick frost crusts the ground Overhead, countless stars are blinking All around me the orchard fans thunder
by Vernon Wade | Mar 20, 2022
It is a quiet morning so far, but soon it will wake. The birds will start to chatter, a rooster will crow and several more will answer. Somewhere up the canyon a dog will start a conversation which will last for hours and involve most of his neighbors. The frog chorus...
by Vernon Wade | Mar 20, 2022
5/16/22 530 40f A windless morning the sky laced with clouds and dotted with stars. The moon waxing gibbous casts a blue glow through the oaks. A frog is croaking “good morning”
by Vernon Wade | Mar 20, 2022
There is a break in the rain. The moon is full behind the clouds. The owls are raising a ruckus. Roosters are crowing, frogs are croaking. There seems to be a lot going on for 430 in the morning.