Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/12/26 5:30 Sunrise at Nan’s Rock. Temperature probably in the mid-fifties. Scott tells me the popcorn clouds portend a lightning storm, perhaps nearby, in the afternoon. Harmony joined us for breakfast – Scott made french toast.    ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/11/26 6:45 53F (11.6C) Clear with a chance of horses. A fingernail moon hangs above the pines. It will wink out tomorrow. Last night one of Scott’s mares stole my drink. This morning I woke up to find the same horse inside the lodge, front feet, head...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/10/26 5:45 58F (14.4C) I woke with the sun rising from behind Nan’s Rock. It is warm enough to wander half naked to the latrine without discomfort. Walter stuck his nose under the head of Robert’s bunk and snored all night. Scott has two tipis set...
Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

  Thursday 7/9/26 We probably had a high near 90f (32C), mostly clear with a light breeze. The air is perfumed with the scent of hot pine pitch. I am camping on a ridgetop near Nan’s Rock, above Scott’s house. Robert, Walter and I got here yesterday...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/8/26 4:44 58F (14.4C) Blue sky  with a light dander of clouds.  It is calm, but a faint breeze is rising. A fat, waning, crescent moon rests atop the maple. There is a riot of birdsong erupting from the dull blue of dawn. Good morning.      ...