Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/4/26 5:30 47F (8.3C) AQI 20 Overcast and raining. In the east the waning quarter moon lends a dull luminosity to the clouds. Rain taps through the leaves and soaks into the ground. Good morning.                  ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/3/26 6:00 49F (9.4C) AQI 23 Cloudy, damp. The waning half moon glows behind a thin veil of clouds. The dark is slow to leave this morning. It rained all yesterday and most of last night. I expect it will rain more today. Good.  We were overdue.    ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/2/26 7:30 55F (12.7C) AQI 15 We were promised rain but it has not yet materialized. The sun is above the ridge and shining through broken cloud cover. Southwest winds aloft,  no breeze on the ground. My pumpkins are still setting fruit. A vine has climbed the...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/1/26 5:30 55F (12.7C) AQI 79 Under the waning moon, a bat flickers through the trees, a startling motion passing in front of patches of pale light. A little later, the school bus rumbles by. Birds chirp and begin to chatter. A duck grumbles in the shadows....
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/31/26 4:30 48F (8.8C) AQI 24 The air is still and dark,  the night sky stippled with stars. Overhead,  the waning moon, still plump, is shining brightly. I am up early,  foregoing my habitual soak, because Bill invited me fishing. Good morning.    ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/30/26 5:30 45F (7.2C) AQI 20 Dark and clear. A faint breeze sways the top of a birch as the moon, just past full,  settles in the west. The sun, still only a rumor, accepts the morning hand off. The dim early light shifts from west to east. Good morning....