Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
7/13/25 5:30 62f (16.6c) 94f (34.4c) predicted this afternoon. Pale blue sky, and no wind. Morning birds chirp a melody over the muted whine of a distant sprayer harmonizing with the hum of the hot tub. ...
Good Morning
7/12/25 6:00 60f (15.5c) Clear and calm with a faint breeze. The moon, two days past full, dropped below Willow Flat about an hour ago. Daylight has arrived but the sun is still hiding behind Snakehead Ridge. Aside from the low hum of industrial...
Good Morning
7/11/25 6:30 59f (15c) with a high of 90f (32.2c) forecast for later today. Currently calm, clear and quiet, the sun just cresting the ridge. ...
Good Morning
7/10/25 5:30 61f (16.1c) It's a lovely morning; clear, blue sky and no wind to speak of. Orchard sprayers and crop dusters spreading chemicals break...
Good Morning
7/9/25 5:30 62f (16.6c) No wind. Blue sky with a few small clouds in the east, backlit by the still as yet invisible sun. A frog croaked briefly, the first I've heard in months. The birds and squirrels are active this morning, provoking the dog. Walter seems...
Good Morning
7/8/25 6:00 61f (16.1c) A faint breeze with blue sky overhead. The haze from the fire at Wyeth was thick last night but seems to have cleared for the moment . ...
Good Morning
7/7/25 6:30 59f (15c) Another blue sky morning with no wind. A woodpecker hammers out his song of love on an aluminum ladder. A hawk, perhaps frustrated by an unsuccessful hunt, screeches as he flys low across the blackberry brambles. ...
Good Morning
7/6/25 6:30 54f ?12.2c) There is a faint breeze under clear, blue sky. The sun has crested the ridge. The nieghbors are already playing pickle ball. I guess they want to beat the heat.
Good Morning
7/5/25 6:00 53f (11.6c) Clear sky, blue as a robin's egg, with perfectly still air. The early birds have been catching worms to bring back to their nests. ...
Good Morning
7/4/25 6:00 59f (15c) Dry, no wind. The thin, grey overcast has a rip over the east ridge and is unraveling before the sun. The chicken door is open and the rooster is outside too early. I wonder if it closed last night. The cherry cannon's booming,...
