Poems & Other Lies

Poems & Other Lies

Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/29/26 7:00 53F (11.6C) AQI 20 It is much warmer this morning. No wind on the ground and not much aloft. Broken overcast with grey and gloomy clouds to the west and the north. Crows converse with each other, exchanging amicable curses and rude commentary,  as...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/28/26 7:30 38F (3.3C) AQI 21 A pellucid gauze of high clouds softens the morning blue of the autumn sky. Heat rising from the fire stirs the air around the poles above the lodge. Otherwise, all is still. The kennel dogs are barking, eliciting vocal...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/27/26 7:00 44F (6.66C)  AQI 19 No wind. Blue sky with a few clouds scattered about. Birds are flitting here and there. Walter is having a conversation with a dog down the road, but it is not very animated.  More of a Sunday morning chat. It is generally...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/26/26 7:00 43F (6C) AQI 15 Approximate altitude 800' Clear sky with a few white whisps behind the east ridge. A slight breeze from the southeast is blowing on the ground here. Touched off the BBQ in the lodge to put some heat and smoke on the pumpkin rings. I...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/25/26 5:30 54F (12.2C) AQI 25 Cloudy, dark, wet. There is a light breeze, cool but not uncomfortable. The predicted rains were slow coming. It was sprinkling when I came out, progressing to light rain, then becoming a steady downpour. Then it stopped, like...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/24/26 6:30 Partly cloudy, no wind. It feels cold this morning, colder than yesterday. Daylight is just beginning to seep into the forest. It was completely dark when I walked down the fire tack trail an hour ago I am back in my bunk now, listening to ravens...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/23/26 8:00 Approximately 2,000' elevation. Cool but not cold, probably about the mid-forties (7.5C) Light overcast with no breeze. It's the first day of fall. Biscuits and chanterelle gravy with eggs on top for breakfast. Good morning.      ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/22/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) AQI 15 Partially cloudy but no wind. Swallows dance with my floaters, black specks against the sky. They soar and flutter, then vanish as suddenly as they appeared. Today is the last day of summer.  It is also Mom's birthday. Aluminum...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/21/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 No wind. Bright, blue sky waiting on the sun. The day before the Autumnal Equinox. A crow complains somewhere  behind  the nieghbor's barn. Walter has taken post on the deck, keeping vigilant watch for intruders. There are none....

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/20/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 Blue sky with a hint of a breeze. Yesterday,  I cut some pumpkin rings and hung them on the drying rack in the tipi. I am waiting until they allow fires to do more. We went to Dave's for a birthday party for mom later. She will be...

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