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.

1/6/26 6:45 32F (0C) The moon, waning gibbous, shines down through the freezing fog onto turf and leaves frosted with ice. A slight breeze flutters the streamers on the tips of the lodge poles .

Yesterday, Walter was so clean and fluffy, but early this morning, his guts were rolling.

Just after midnight he barked until I let him out. He was wagging his tail and bouncing until I opened the door, then he shot out into the dark and disappeared.

After a few minutes, he came back in, but started barking again about an hour later.

Amy and I took turns getting up to let him out through the wee hours until 3:30 when I took him out to the kennel. I shudder to think what our clean, white dog might look like now.

Addendum: Walter seems fine. He was standing at the kennel gate, wagging his tail when I went to let him out. He has a little poop butt, yet seems happy and none the worse for wear.