Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/28/26 6:15 28F (-2.2C) Dark, silent, cold, with a thin overcast and light freezing rain. The deck is pimpled with ice. Only a couple stars pierce the gloom. I am anticipating a trip to the dentist with some trepidation. Good morning.      ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/27/26 6:30 24F (-5.5C) Dim, thin overcast, no wind. It is a quiet morning. Frozen and icy. If there were more light, it would  sparkle. I can smell the cold ash of last night’s fire. Walter Dawg is on watch. A silent sentry, his shadowed form backlit by...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/26/26 7:00 22F (-5.5C) Cold and cloudy. The birds are waking up, their chattering and whistles subdued and muted. Dawn is sneaking in through the dim, gray shadows with barely a whisper.                    ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/25/26 7:45 17F (-8.3C) Calm, partially cloudy but mostly clear, hard frost, no wind.  The sun is still behind Fir Mountain. I am surrounded by a ring of low lying clouds with blue sky overhead. There is no wind. Birds are twittering.  A jay squawks as it...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    1/24/26 7:00 24F (-4.4C) Clear, calm, frozen. Frost bites at my fingers. The edge of my ear stings with cold. Ice forms in my damp hair. It is just getting light out. A beautiful day is dawning. My schedule has filled up and it looks like a busy...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  1/23/26 6:00 29F (1.6 C) Dark, foggy, calm. There was ice on the surface of the cat’s water dish this morning. No cars moving yet. There is a light on at the farmhouse across the street. It was quiet out here until Walter heard something I didn’t....