Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
6/30/25 5:30 58f(14.4c) featureless blue sky, calm with that early summer morning light which reveals everything without a hint of direction. The silence is broken by a prop plane clawing through the air for points south. It awakens the rooster and disturbs a squadron...
Good Morning
6/28/25 5:30 56f(13.3c) Partly cloudy. Calm and quiet except for the ever-present orchard sprayer. Walter is still limping. The vet thinks he has arthritis in his elbows. I need to check on mom this morning - she had a hip replaced yesterday. I saw her...
Good Morning
6/26/25 6:00 56f (13.3c) Gray and overcast with a few patches of blue. No wind. A subdued muttering hidden in the leaves betrays the presence of birds. A dove is cooing across the street somewhere. This morning lacks enthusiasm. ...
Good Morning
6/26/25 6:00 56f (13.3c) Gray and overcast with a few patches of blue. No wind. Subdued muttering hidden in the leaves betrays the presence of birds. A dove is cooing across the street somewhere. This morning lacks enthusiasm.
Good Morning
6/25/25 7:30 66f (18.8c) Sunny with the occasional puff of breeze . The sky is blue behind a fabric of torn, white tufts. A raucous gang of Jay's swoop and dive, shouting obscenities. In the background the pervasive whine of industrial ...
Good Morning
6/24/25 6:30 54f (12.2c) A windless morning with clear sky. The dog is barking. The tipi is up, drying out after our solstice campout in the Oregon desert. Looking forward to my darling wife getting home...
Good Morning
6/23/25 5:30 51f (10.5c) This morning is bright and clear, blue sky with just a tickle of breeze. The sun is still behind the east ridge. Birds are happily twittering and flitting about. I am soaking and sipping cardamom tea. The tea is hot and strong...
Good Morning
6/22/25 7:00 42f (5.5c) Overcast, light breeze, no rain at the moment. We got ice pellets again yesterday evening, followed by hard rain, tapering to sprinkles and squalls. This morning everything is damp but dig down an inch or six and it is dry as...
Good Morning
6/21/25 6:30 32f (0c) Blue sky and faint breeze for now. The sun has topped the ridge and I can feel the breeze beginning to stir. It will be blowing up the canyon soon. We experienced some weird weather for the Solstice yesterday. Started warm and sunny. Clouds...
Good Morning
Happy Solstice. 6/20/25 4:45 a.m. Feels like about 40f. Brisk but calm this morning. Funny light, I can't tell if the sky is clear or overcast. We are camped in a little draw downstream from Musser Reservoir. Up at a quarter to five to climb the hill behind camp and...
