Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
6/28/26 5:30 Cool and wet. It rained hard last night, finally tapering off this morning as we pack up to go home. Buttered cornbread with milk and molasses for breakfast. The molasses poured slowly in the Junuary chill and I had to use the ax to cut the...
Good Morning
6/27/28 5:00 Cold and raining. It rained all night and is still raining now. Last night the fire struggled to keep ahead of the drips and was mostly successful. I was able to rekindle flames from the embers earlier this morning. Occasional gusts shake the...
Good Morning
6/26/26 5:00 Cold, calm with sprinkles and intermittent drizzle. They had a bear raid this camp earlier in the week. That's okay. I have bear spray. In the truck. Parked at the other end of camp, down by the highway. Up at 2 for a dash to the latrine and again...
Good Morning
6/25/26 5:15 53F (13.3C) Calm and dry. Haze is creeping into the blue sky. Rain is forecast for this evening. The canyon is still in shadow. It is quiet this morning, only a couple of birds calling to each other. The rooster is sleeping in. The truck is...
Good Morning
6/24/26 6:15 58F (14.4C) Calm. Blue sky with mares tails. The sun just hit the cedar in the southwest corner of the yard. The birds are singing, the cannons boom occasionally, a car whizzes past now and again. It's a relatively quiet summer morning in the...
Good Morning
6/23/26 6:00 57F (13.8C) Calm, blue sky. The canyon is still in shadow but yellow morning sunlight bathes the sloping field and bordering firs to the west. The birds are just waking. The rooster is crowing. Walter has found something to bark at. Good morning....
Good Morning
6/22/26 55F (12.7C) Blue sky with a few wisps of cloud. Light, inconstant breeze. Morning sunlight is filtering across the canyon. Cherry cannons boom up on the hill. Walter Dawg doesn't like them and barks in displeasure. Doves coo. A woodpecker is hammering...
Good Morning
6/21/26 6:00 52F (11.11C) Summer Solstice. Faint breeze, blue sky stippled with thin clouds. Cherry cannons boom, the birds ignore them. Walter Dawg barks. I endeavor to ignore him. It continues warm and dry in Odell but some drizzle is expected at the...
Good Morning
6/20/26 6:00 56F (13.3C) The last day of spring. Cloudy with a slight breeze. Mares tails stretch across the sky. I have my first squash blossom. Joe Noe came over this morning for a soak. He pulled into his dad's driveway yesterday after 9 days on the road. He...
Good Morning
6/19/26 6:00 58F (14.4C) The rising sun lights shredded tufts of clouds brilliant white against the bright, blue sky. Here and there a taller tree catches a shaft of sunlight, standing out against the muted colors and shadows surrounding it. A rippling breeze...
