Good Morning

The Writer, Vernon Wade

Vernon Wade is a poet, author and freelancer. He has been published in The Gorge Literary Journal, Dualsport Rider Magazine, Hack’d Magazine, The Sidecarist, ROB Magazine and The Hood River News.

The world fills him with wonder. When he looks at the sky he is lifted into flights of fancy, when he stares at the earth he is drawn beneath its surface. He is delighted to find the macrocosm and the microcosm equally mesmerizing.

12/25/25 8:00 56F (13.3C) Broken clouds, light wind out of the south; the rain has paused for the moment.

We were trapped in a stairwell but escaped to the condo lobby. There was a power outage; it closed the fire doors and shut down the elevator. No problem, we’ll take the stairs. Except exiting the stairs requires an electric fob lock which doesn’t work right now. We were able to open the door to the lobby and Amy found her way to the parking garage to retrieve the car so we didn’t miss Christmas after all.

At Lynne’s I found myself surrounded by pint sized vectors of disease.

7 children 3yo or younger in one place is 8 children too many.

Even so, the kids were pretty good and even the adults got along. We enjoyed an overabundance of abundance and indulged in a scandalous degree of gluttony. A good time was had by all.

Merry Christmas.