Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
3/22/26 6:00 30F (-1C) Calm, clear and frosty. Birds sing against the fluttering background rumble of distant orchard fans. A turkey calls in the woods across the street. A duck rises from the pond and flies off quacking. Walter growls, barking...
Good Afternoon
It was shirtsleeve weather and sunny in town, pretty mild for the second day of spring. Mike and I decided to go look for snow. We found it at 3000' in the Gifford Pinchot. There was no snow below that level and ice flows covering the road above that. Satisfied, we...
Good Morning
3/21/26 5:30 48F (8.8C) Faint breeze with stronger gusts. Clear and starry above, surrounded by a ring of low clouds The nieghbor was walking around his farm with a flashlight, which piqued Walter's interest. He's gone inside and the dog has...
First Day of Spring
3/20/26 7:15 46F (7.7C) White tufts rip free of the cloud bank to the west and sail across the blue expanse above me. Doves compete with the other birds in an impromptu This Morning's Got Talent show while the dogs in the canyon bark loud applause. I...
Good Morning
3/19/26 6:30 44F (6.66C) Calm, mostly clear with a few scattered clouds. The last day of a winter that never came. A duck and a wren were having a round robin this morning. Some sparrows joined in, with occasional commentary from the rooster. Good...
Good Morning
3/18/26 6:00 42F (5.5C) Calm, cool, dark No rain. Birds twitter. A few stars twinkle, fading as the morning glow begins. The neighbor's dog is yapping, setting Walter off. He reluctantly heeds my call and trots sullenly back to the deck, flopping down...
Good Morning
3/17/26 7:00 40F (4.4C) Calm. Mostly clear. A delicate lace of thin white clouds decorates the blue sky overhead. The fragile wisps begin to tinge pink as sunrise approaches. There are orchard fans rumbling somewhere north of me and sprayers are whining...
Good Morning
3/16/26 5:30 38F (3.3C) Calm, cloudy, dark. There is no breeze on the ground. Overhead, the clouds part here and there to reveal a few scattered stars before shuttering them again. A dog yips at the farm across the way. Walter runs to the fence and...
Good Morning
3/15/26 5:30 22F (-5.5C) Dark, calm, and cold. The city lights and a thin, hazy overcast hide the stars. Andy and Susan are still sleeping. Dave, Kel, and Mom went home yesterday, after Gail's service. It has been a bittersweet visit. Gail's loss hit...
Good Morning
3/14/26 5:15 33F (0.5C) Cloudy, dark. It's stopped snowing. It was just a little above freezing and snowing when we arrived at Spokane yesterday afternoon and still snowing when we went to bed . The snow was wet, so little accumulation and the main...
