Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
9/16/25 7:00 50F (10C) I look up into the pale blue sky. There is no wind. Birds are chattering, dogs bark. There are cars moving this morning; tires whirring and the burble of muffled exhaust announce their passing. I slept well last night and...
Good Morning
9/15/25 7:00 48F (8.8C) It is a cool morning, dark and breezy. The waning quarter moon rests on its back above a maple tree. The eastern sky begins to lighten, shades of lavender creeping into dark blue. A gunshot booms. A dog begins to bark....
Good Morning
9/14/25 6:00 59F (15C) No wind. Moon waning into the last quarter. Cloudy with rain predicted. The rooster is crowing and the dog is barking. The commotion echoes up the canyon. ...
Good Morning
9/13/25 7:00 55F (12.7C) A calm, cool morning, absent any wind. The half moon hangs high in a pale, blue sky, beginning the last third of its transit across the southern horizon. A train sounds its horn at the crossing near Pine Grove, loud even at this...
Good Morning
9/12/25 6:00 55F (12.7C) It seems dark this morning, even with the waning moon shining high above me. It is a tranquil dawn. Daylight seeps in from the east. A cricket and an owl sing a soft duet in the shadows. ...
Good Morning
9/11/25 7:00 57F (13.8)C There is dew on the ground. Blue sky, with just a whisper of a breeze. No air traffic. ...
Good Morning
9/10/25 6:00 56 (13.3) Clear blue sky. Maple leaves shiver in a faint breeze. The moon, three days past full, is shining through the oaks. ...
Good Morning
9/9/25 6:30 60F (15.5C) Calm with broken clouds. It's not raining, but quite wet from last night's downpour. A faint riffle of breeze sends a brief torrent of droplets raining down from the leaves. ...
Good Morning
9/8/25 5:00 50F (10C) The moon is behind the oaks, the sky is full of stars. ...
Good Morning
9/7/25 5:00 59F (15C) The deck is wet from last night's thunderstorm, but the sky is clear and peppered with stars. No wind stirs the leaves. The morning stillness hums with crickets. Backlighting the oaks, a full moon drops toward the western ridge....
