Good Morning

Good Morning

      9/23/25 6:00 47F (8.3C) A pretty autumn morning. Still air, and quiet. No industrial hum, no sprayers whining in the distance,  almost no early traffic. Above me is a pattern of constantly shifting hues, pinks and lavenders, yellows and blues. The...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      9/22/25 6:00 47F (8.3C) Calm, clear, dark. Happy birthday,  Mom!                                      ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      9/21/25 6:00 57F (13.8C) New moon. Cloudy  with a light breeze. Very dark this morning. The all cricket chorus is in full song, belting out their greatest hits. Walter has joined a spirited conversation with the dogs down the street. I tell him to...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      9/20/25 6:30 55F (12.7C) Clear sky, light breeze. The morning started quietly.  Just a single, discosolate croak from a corvid, hidden in the darkness. But now the rooster is crowing and birds are squawking. I just put Walter in the house because...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    9/19/25 6:00 53F (11.6C) It is a dark blue twilight. The earth takes a breath and leaves flutter in the faint breeze. A Turkish moon hangs in the east. Just a fingernail, ready to wink out,  with Venus hovering over the southern horn.    ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    9/18/25 6:30 54F (12.2C) Another calm,  dark morning. The waning moon pokes its horns through the maple leaves. The sky dances with color. Morning ascends as twilight loses its grip on the night and slips away.            ...