Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
9/6/25 6:00 66F (18.8C) Windless and overcast. Although it's not as dark as yesterday, the moon, one day from full, remains hidden behind clouds. Weather report looks a little dodgy, with warm humidity and possibly rain predicted. ...
Good Morning
9/5/25 5:30 65F (18.3C) The crickets are in full song. It is a dark morning, no light from the nearly full moon escapes the heavy clouds. A sheet of white flashed behind Indian Head Mountain to the south, followed after a long pause by the rumble of distant...
Good Morning
9/4/25 7:00 67F (19.4C) It is a warm, overcast morning with no wind. I have a busy day. Walter has an appointment with the hairdresser this morning, and I need to get the bike cleaned up and ready. I'm doing taxi service with Russ at the...
Good Morning
9/3/25 6:00 60f (15.5c) It is a pretty morning. Faint breeze, mostly clear sky with clouds still deciding what they want to do. A squirrel and a jay had a brief but vociferous argument in the maple. Walter is having a desultory discussion with the neighbor's dogs,...
Good Morning
9/2/26 6:00 56f (13.3c) Clear sky, calm, cool air. The light is slow to arrive. The morning star hangs against a lavender backdrop, low in the east. This morning feels like summer ending. It won't feel that way this afternoon, when temperatures climb above 90f...
Good Morning
9/1/25 7:00 58f (14.4c) Light breeze with a thin, broken cloud cover. The hot tub chemicals need adjusting, so I have to wait a few minutes for my soak. ...
Good Morning
8/31/25 6:30 58f (14.4c) It is a quiet Sunday morning, partly cloudy, with the subdued chatter of birds remeniscent of the low murmer of an audience settling in before a show begins. Somewhere behind the curtain of oaks, a dove coos.
Good Morning
8/30/25 7:00 58f (14.4c) Calm. A vestige of the wildfire haze that settled in last evening still remains. It lends a golden tinge to the morning light. It is quiet now. Earlier, the crews were banging ladders in the orchards and Walter was leading the...
Good Morning
8/29/25 7:00 59f (15c) It is a quiet, calm morning. The sky is filled with torn clouds, ripped and shredded like a...
Good Morning
8/28/25 6:00 60f (15.5c) The sky is clear and blue. There is no wind. Sprayers whine in the distance. The dog is baying and the rooster is crowing. Good morning. ...
