Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
1/15/26 6:30 35F (1.6C) Overcast and still. The rooster is complaining. Ducks chuckle down by the creek. A dog barks in the distance, far up the canyon. Walter is laying by the back door, staring this direction. The general tenor of this morning is muted and...
Good Morning
1/14/26 6:30 28F (-2.2C) Calm, cold, clear and frosty. The moon is just a fingernail low in the southeast. I didn't hear coyotes but Walter did. He was barking earlier, but has settled down for now. Ducks rise from the pond, muttering "good morning." They...
Good Morning
1/13/26 6:30 32F (0.0C) A frosty morning, filled with stars. The crescent moon is low in the southeast, just beginning its transit. The coyotes set the dog off this morning. They sounded pretty close. They've settled down and Walter is in the house, so it...
Good Morning
1/12/26 6:30 31F (0.5C) Dark and icy calm. The moon, waning last quarter, hangs S SE, in a strand of clouds. A light east wind blows tufts and streamers across the stars. Walter Dawg has toured the perimeter. Finding everything in order, he is resting...
Good Morning
1/11/26 6:30 35F (1.6C) Cool, calm, with a light overcast. The moon in its last quarter is low in the south, mid-transit shining through the willows. Today is as a good as day as any to stand with our community and say "Fuck ICE. Fuck Trump. Fuck the MAGAts."...
Good Morning
1/10/26 6:30 33F (0.5C) Calm, dry, icy. The waning half moon glows dimly through a gauzey veil of clouds. Something just grabbed a duck from the pond. I could hear them thrashing, wings beating the water, and the frightened calls of his companions making...
Good Morning
1/9/26 6:30 33F (0.5C) Cold, calm. The waning moon is completely obscured by clouds. It is a dark morning. Amy's headlights sweep across the tipi poles as she pulls out to go to an early union meeting. I am proud of her. It is an important job, perhaps...
Good Morning
1/8/26 5:45 37F (2.7C) There is a light wind blowing a swirling, cold mist. The moon, waning gibbous, and at least one star pierce the thin clouds overhead. Both thermometers read 37F, but it feels colder than that and ice dots the horizontal surfaces....
Good Morning
1/7/26 6:30 38F (3.3C) Clear, mostly, with a cool, inconstant breeze. The moon, three quarters and waning, is resting atop the oaks. Stars are shining in a rich, blue sky. A pair of ducks just landed in the pond. Swooping silently in tandem they banked and...
Good Morning
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...
