Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
12/27/25 9:00 50F (10.0C) Sunshine, blue sky mixed with clouds and no wind. Another late night, up past midnight, slept in, dark dreams of the resistance forming, troop carriers rolling through the streets. We returned the rental car this morning, and rode the train...
Good Morning
12/26/25 6:30 52F (11.11C) Cool and calm. Broken clouds are patchworked across the blue sky in the subdued light of a quiet dawn. The wind and rain are taking a break. Perhaps like myself, they are enjoying a brief respite from the holiday frenzy. I had...
Good Morning
12/25/25 8:00 56F (13.3C) Broken clouds, light wind out of the south; the rain has paused for the moment. We were trapped in a stairwell but escaped to the condo lobby. There was a power outage; it closed the fire doors and shut down the...
Good Morning
12/24/25 5:30 57F (13.8C) Overcast, warm and dark, with a moderate breeze blowing from the south. I woke up early and managed to blast Amy with light several times fumbling with unfamiliar switches. 12/24/25 11:30 Christmas Eve. 59F (15C) Raining and...
Good Morning
12/23/25 5:30 38F (3.3C) Foggy, still, dark. Amy and I are spending Christmas in California. We drove to Portland and caught a plane to San Jose, where we got a rental car and drove over to San Carlos/Redwood City. Lynne, Camille and Allie were minding the store at...
Good Morning
12/22/25 6:45 36F (2.2C) Cloudy and dark with a light breeze blowing. It wasn't raining when I took the garbage to the curb, but it is working up to it. First, the rare, then occasional drop of cold wet on my face. Then widely scattered droplets, more...
Good Morning
12/21/25 6:30 32F (0C) Winter Solstice. Cloudy, frozen and dark. Cold, moonless, and without stars. There is nary a breath of wind. The leaves have been brushed with frost, the deck is slick with ice. Winter has arrived. ...
Good Morning
12/20/25 6:45 34F (1.1C) Cold, clear, calm. Ducks rise from the pond beyond the fence. I hear their wings beat the still air; their quacking fades as they circle east and disappear. I had expected overcast with light rain, perhaps snow. It is cold but...
Good Morning
12/19/25 7:00 35F (1.6C) Overcast. Cold with a slight breeze. Damp and gloomy. Scattered drifts of slushy snow melt into the muddy grass. The rooster crows, forlorn and still locked in the coop. A bird squawks, a dog barks. A disgruntled crow croaks from...
Good Morning
12/18/25 6:45 38F (3.3C) Dark, raining. There is no wind. The sky is a uniform , dull gray. It is raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock. By 7:30 I begin to see snow mixed with the rain. Very wet, more like raindrops with texture, a portent of...
