Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
1/7/26 6:30 38F (3.3C) Clear, mostly, with a cool, inconstant breeze. The moon, three quarters and waning, is resting atop the oaks. Stars are shining in a rich, blue sky. A pair of ducks just landed in the pond. Swooping silently in tandem they banked and...
Good Morning
1/6/26 6:45 32F (0C) The moon, waning gibbous, shines down through the freezing fog onto turf and leaves frosted with ice. A slight breeze flutters the streamers on the tips of the lodge poles . Yesterday, Walter was so clean and fluffy, but early this...
Good Morning
1/5/26 6:30 34F (1.1C) Quiet, cold, and calm. Partially cloudy with a few stars showing. The waning moon, two days past full, shines through the bare oaks. A light freezing mist wafts down, coating everything with a thin layer of ice. Christmas break is...
Good Morning
1/4/26 6:45 37F (2.7C) Fog in the trees, with cold, steady rain and no wind.
Good Morning
1/3/26 5:30 36F (2.2C) Raining, no wind, warm for predawn January. By 6:00 the rain had tapered off. The full moon, low in the west, peeks through a veil of clouds, then disappears again. Trump's forces have illegally attacked Venezuela with strike...
Good Morning
1/2/26 6:30 37F (2.7C) Calm, quiet, damp. A thin fog sifts through the trees and settles in the canyon. It is warmer than yesterday morning, no ice. Everything is wet. I hear an owl softly calling. A few birds chirp quietly. A half dozen ducks rise from the...
Happy New Year
1/1/26 7:00 31F (-0.5C) Overcast, gray, subdued. Everything is encased in ice. Haze from morning fires has settled in the firs. A freezing mist is transitioning to light rain. Snow is forecast. I am surrounded by the discordant squawks of birds. Walter...
New Year’s Eve
12/31/25 4:30 34F (1C) Calm, hazy with the moon waxing gibbous, nearly full. Dave and Kel took Mom to Marchesi Vinyards for an end of the year tasting so Amy and I invited ourselves along. The temperature dropped with the sun but they have a firepit at each table so...
Good Morning
12/31/25 6:30 24F (-4.4C) The sky is blue, the ground is frozen. There is no wind. Home from California. The cold bites my fingers like a puppy. It's teeth are sharp. Ducks circle up from the weeds, heading out for a morning sortie. Dawn Patrol....
Good Morning
12/30/25 5:00 40F (4.4C) Calm, clear, and dark. Our flight leaves SFX around three. We are having dinner with the kniece in Potland before going home. ...
