Friday the thirteenth, March, 2026 5:30 50F (10C) The rain has stopped.  It is dark and windy. Overhead  strong west winds send the clouds racing by patches of stars. On the ground,  blustery gusts grumble through the bare oaks making the trees...

    3/12/26 5:45 45F (6.66C) Still raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Very dark. Very wet. No wind.                            

    3/11/26 6:30 40F (4.4C) Dark.  Raining. In a fit of random, subconscious neologism, I dreamt of ventricular matriculation. It made sense at the time but now I have no idea what it means.                  ...

    3/10/26 6:50 30F (-1C) The sky is clear except for a few straggling strands of clouds who didn't get the memo. The light has that peculiar shade of blue that comes early on a crisp winter morning: a deep illumination, not bright, but not dim. Ducks...

    3/9/26 7:00 40F (4.4C) Thin overcast. It was sprinkling but seems to have  stopped. The waning half moon hangs in a patch of blue, low in the south, behind the birches. Walter is having a spirited conversation with the dog across the street.  A dog up...

    3/8/26 8:00 50F (10C) Coudy and dry, with a light wind. The lodge pole ribbons are fluttering and the willows sway in the breeze. It seems like the crocus and the daffodils have all bloomed overnight. This morning is frantic with birds, all chirping,...

    3/7/26 6:00 48F (8.8C) Overcast and dry. It is a gray,  windless morning. Walter is barking at an early dog walker. There is a squirrel  chattering full scold in the oaks. Robins and jay's flit about. A flock of small birds is eating the blossoms off the...

    3/6/26 6:30 43F (6C) Cloudy with patches of blue.  No wind, no rain.   The sun tops Snakehead ridge, flaring golden-yellow through a crack in the clouds. I  hear turkeys calling from the tall trees up the canyon. Birds are singing, the rooster  is...

    3/5/26 5:45 44F (6.66C) Breezy,  mostly cloudy, beginning to rain. Trees sway in the wind. The moon, waning gibbous behind the clouds, is setting. Birds are singing it to sleep in the dim grey blue of a morning not quite realized. Good morning.  ...

    3/4/26 6:00 45F (7.2C) No wind.  Gray and wet. It is raining here. Apparently it is snowing on the mountain  with the  freezing level  just over 5,000'. That is good. Whether it is good  enough we will discover  come fire season. I expect a long summer...