Poems & Other Lies
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...
Good Morning
6/19/25 6:00 49f (9.4c) The moon slips into the last quarter, almost unnoticed in a serene blue sky. Faint strands of mares tails float by. Tractors pull sprayers whining through the rows. Up the hill, too impatient to wait or perhaps traversing...
Good Morning
6/18/25 6:30 61f(16f) The last bites of spring are melting into summer, like a couple spoonfuls of ice cream, unfinished on the plate. Due south, midway in her transit, the half moon wanes toward the last quarter against a backdrop of blue. The sun...
Good Morning
6/17/25 7:30 55f (12.7c) The cottonwoods are done blooming but little tufts of fluff still drift, glowing silvery in the morning sunlight, dancing on a faint, invisible breeze. ...
Good Morning
6/16/25 6:30 59f(15c) Clear, blue sky. Morning wakes slowly, easily, its respiration still faint, even as its pulse begins to quicken and the world begins to stir.
Good Morning
6/15/25 7:00 52f (11c) Sunshine and dogs barking under a clear, blue sky. All of the dogs. Barking. Up and down the canyon. ...
Good Morning
6/14/25 6:00 45f (9c) Blue sky, calm at the moment, with protests predicted for later in the day. No kings today. No kings ever. Support the...
Good Morning
6/13/25 Friday the Thirteenth 6:45 a.m. Blue sky, slightly breezy.The ravens are calling to you. Check out time is noon. I went to bed last night at o'drunk-thirty. The lake is like glass - I should go kayaking, maybe do a little fishing, but...
Good Morning
6/12/25 6:00 52f (11c) No wind. Blue sky and swallows. I don't smell smoke this morning. Hopefully they have the fires in the gorge under control. They reopened Highway 14 and the freeway, so that's a good sign. ...
Good Morning
6/11/25 5:15 60f (15.5c) outside, 74f (23.3c) inside the house. Calm and quiet, blue sky covered with white lace. ...
