Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
7/12/26 5:30 Sunrise at Nan's Rock. Temperature probably in the mid-fifties. Scott tells me the popcorn clouds portend a lightning storm, perhaps nearby, in the afternoon. Harmony joined us for breakfast - Scott made french toast. ...
Good Morning
7/11/26 6:45 53F (11.6C) Clear with a chance of horses. A fingernail moon hangs above the pines. It will wink out tomorrow. Last night one of Scott's mares stole my drink. This morning I woke up to find the same horse inside the lodge, front feet, head and...
Good Morning
7/10/26 5:45 58F (14.4C) I woke with the sun rising from behind Nan's Rock. It is warm enough to wander half naked to the latrine without discomfort. Walter stuck his nose under the head of Robert's bunk and snored all night. Scott has two tipis set up. We are...
Good Afternoon
Thursday 7/9/26 We probably had a high near 90f (32C), mostly clear with a light breeze. The air is perfumed with the scent of hot pine pitch. I am camping on a ridgetop near Nan's Rock, above Scott's house. Robert, Walter and I got here yesterday around 6....
Good Morning
7/8/26 4:44 58F (14.4C) Blue sky with a light dander of clouds. It is calm, but a faint breeze is rising. A fat, waning, crescent moon rests atop the maple. There is a riot of birdsong erupting from the dull blue of dawn. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
7/7/26 7:00 53F (11.6C) Clear blue sky, no wind. Waning half moon about midtransit. ...
Good Morning
7/6/26 6:00 54F (12.2C) A thin gauze of clouds stretches across the pale blue sky. The waning moon keeps a jaybird company at the top of the birch. We set the timer up on our sprinklers yesterday and this morning was the test. After a brief struggle to get the...
Good Morning
7/5/26 6:00 53F (11.6C) Tufts of clouds dot a windless, blue sky. A waning moon hangs above the birch, refusing to surrender to the day. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
7/4/26 7:00 60F (15.5C) Calm air, clear, blue sky. It may be precarious, in this polarized society, when jingoism and patriotism are so easily confused, to express reservation about elevating the flag to a position of worship, but I feel I must. Don't get me...
Good Morning
7/3/26 6:45 57F (13.8C) Blue sky with a few scattered clouds. No wind. Happy Dependence Day. ...
