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.

7/9/25 5:30 62f (16.6c) No wind. Blue sky with a few small clouds in the east, backlit by the still as yet invisible sun.

A frog croaked briefly, the first I’ve heard in months. The birds and squirrels are active this morning, provoking the dog.

Walter seems to be done with limping; he has been running and walking normally for several days now. I don’t know if it is the salmon oil supplement or the tiny, sharp bit of black I pulled from between his foot pads ( I suspect the latter) but I am glad he has recovered.

Cherry cannons have started booming again. Harvest is in full swing