Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

8/11/26 The wind being favorable and the wildfire smoke having abated, Walter, Mike and I decided to spend the day by a stream in the woods. We arrived late morning and found we had the place to ourselves. Except for Cocaine Bear. Quickly retrieving our bear guns, we...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/8/26 5:30 59F (15C) AQI 80 Walter rests on the deck; the fingernail moon reclines on a maple branch overhead. There is a breeze, and the air quality index has improved,  but smoke lies in the canyon and it smells worse than yesterday.  Like a campfire someone...
Good Evening

Good Evening

  8/4/26 7:45 p.m. 78F (25.5C) The sun setting through the smoke from the Grasshopper fire.      
Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/2/26 6:15 51F (10.5C) Partially cloudy with a whisper of a breeze. Birds are cheeping on either side of me. They sound like a pair of microwave alarms, nagging me to come get my tea. But I have my tea. It’s right here. Good morning.      ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/23/26 6:00 65F (18.3C) Calm and clear with some haze around the edges. It is pleasantly cool. I can smell the faint perfume of woodsmoke. Yesterday, it smelled like BBQ and the haze was so thick I couldn’t see the mountains. It was hot and muggy. A rain...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/4/26 7:00 60F (15.5C) Calm air, clear, blue sky. It may be precarious, in this polarized society, when jingoism and patriotism are so easily confused, to express reservation about elevating the flag to a position of worship, but I  feel I must. Don’t...