Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/4/26 7:00 47F (8.3C) AQI 22 It is a pale blue Sunday morning.  No wind. High above the maple the moon has slipped into the last quarter. The chickens mumble disgruntled clucks inside the coop. Walter is drawn to respond to some faint barking from far up the...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/3/26 6:00 46F (7.7C) AQI 12 Clear with a rumor of a breeze.   The incipiency of dawn began dark and filled with stars Half a moon watched as the stars yielded to a lavender glow Daylight arrived well before the sun Still, the moon smiles down on me Good...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/2/26 7:30 48F (8.8C) AQI 14  Clear, blue sky; cool, with no breeze. The waning half moon lingers above the oaks. The sun has not yet topped the east ridge. Birds twitter. The dog’s barking is more of a grumbling complaint than any sort of challenge. ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/1/26 7:00 46F (7.7C) AQI 12 The first day of October dawns with a whisper of a breeze. A thin net of white clouds cannot conceal the placid blue sky overhead. Smoke drifts from the top of the lodge. The foliage has begun to turn. Patches of yellow dapple the...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/30/26 5:00 55F (12.7C) AQI 14 It is a warm, windless morning. The moon, just past full, wanes through  broken  clouds; the ground glows in its silver light. The clouds close in and the light goes out, hidden behind a thick velvet curtain. Night birds call....
Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/29/26 7:00 53F (11.6C) AQI 20 It is much warmer this morning. No wind on the ground and not much aloft. Broken overcast with grey and gloomy clouds to the west and the north. Crows converse with each other, exchanging amicable curses and rude commentary,  as...