Poems & Other Lies

Poems & Other Lies

Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/14/25 6:30 51F (11C) Cloudy. There is a faint breeze, it is relatively warm, and raining. The dog woke me, licking my face at a quarter after six. It was already light by the time I'd made my tea and gone out to the hot tub. It started cloudy and gray with...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/13/25 6:00 46F (7.7C) It is a dark, cloudy morning ,  featuring fog punctuated by drizzle. A quiet morning so far. Even the dog hasn't much to say.                            ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/12/25 5:30 44F (6.66C) It is a gloomy morning,  dark and gray and cold. The maple murmurs, an unseen breeze softly rustling its few remaining leaves. Barely visible overhead, the fading moon peeks from behind a thick curtain of clouds. Walter grumbles...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/11/25 6:30 40F (4.4C) Calm and mostly  clear. Everything glistens with wet. We either had light rain or a heavy dew last night, but now it is calm and mostly clear. The waning half-moon hangs above the tipi in a dull blue sky. Crows rise complaining as they...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/10/25 5:30 38F (3.3C) Cold, clear, windless.  Jupiter is keeping Luna company this morning. It is calm but thirty-eight degrees feels chilly in the cold, white light of the waning moon.                  ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

      11/9/25 7:00 36F (2.2C) Cool, calm, and clear. The sky is blue, rimmed with pink. The moon, still three-quarters full, drops towards the west, slipping behind the oaks. The maple looks almost  skeletal, its leaves covering the ground below. But...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

      11/8/25 6:00 40F (4.4C) The moon waning gibbous, glows dimly through a thin gauze of clouds. I feel a cool breeze on my cheek and the back of my hand, blowing gently from the northeast.                ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/7/25 6:30 44F (6.66C) Calm, cloudy, sprinkling The waning moon,  just past full, is obscured by clouds. Large, widely spaced drops fall silently from the sky, impacting the saturated ground with a watery splat.          ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/6/25 7:30 48 (8.8)  Cloudy, soggy, calm. Birds twitter through a desultory rain on this relatively  warm November morning. Tall firs loom through the mist, which hides the surrounding canyon from view.              ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/5/25 6:00 46F (7.7C) Dark, damp, and overcast with a slight breeze. The rain has ceased for the moment. A jet rumbled through the clouds, then all was still. The morning feels like a soggy dishrag. Walter punctures the silence with an occasional bark...

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