Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
9/18/26 7:00 55F (12.7C) AQI 27 Clear, cloudless sky with a faint breeze stirring. Aside from Walter's occasional outbursts and the rooster fulfilling his duties, it is a quiet Friday morning. I finished the drying rack and set the lodge up yesterday. I'm...
Good Morning
9/17/26 6:30 48F (8.8C) AQI 19 It is a clear, blue dawn. A slight breeze flutters the birch but leaves the oaks unmoved. Sprayers whine and a few cars pass, headed for town. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
9/16/26 7:15 49F (9.4C) AQI 21 Clear blue sky with a few white clouds in the south. No wind, light dew. The sun has not yet topped the ridge. I can feel the season changing. Sunrise is slower, the air is colder with a crisp edge to it. After getting up early to...
Good Morning
9/15/26 4:30 47F (8.3C) AQI 16 Dark. Heavy dew. No wind. No hot tub this morning - going fishing with Bill. ...
Good Morning
9/14/26 6:00 51F (10.5C) AQI 21 Cloudy , calm, and dry. The little black banty managed to get herself locked out of the henhouse last night and is wandering around the chicken yard complaining loudly. Hopefully Walter's presence will deter any predators her...
Good Morning
9/13/26 6:45 50F (10C) AQI 24 Overcast and still. The ground is soaked. It rained yesterday afternoon and most of the night, but it has stopped for now. A squirrel is chattering in the oaks. A quail picks at grass sprouting from the mud. Overhead, a buzzard...
Good Morning
9/12/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 20 Overcast, no wind. Rain is predicted for later in the day. Amy left clothes hanging on the line last night; there is no dew this morning, so they may still be dry. The jays are squabbling. Their raucous squawks drown out the cheeps...
Good Morning
9/11/26 7:15 52F (11C) AQI 26 The sun is up and the sky is pilled with clouds. Birch leaves flutter in the breeze. Last night the coyotes were singing. This morning the birds have taken up the chorus. Walter stands at the gate like a sentry demanding a...
Good Morning
9/10/26 8:00 60F (15.5C) AQI 21 The sun has topped the ridge, there is a slight breeze and a few mares tails are reaching across an otherwise clear sky. Walter is barking at the orchard workers. Strands of spider silk flash silver in the morning sunlight....
Good Morning
9/9/26 6:30 48F (8.8C) AQI 26 Clear, blue sky, heavy dew, no wind. Six pumpkins harvested a day more than that ripening on the vine. Still flowering but the vines are going pale. I opened a fresh tin of cardamom tea today. Good morning! ...
