Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
6/3/25 5:00 49f (9.4c) Blue sky laced with a few wisps. Comfortably cool; a slight breeze flutters the leaves of the birch. The morning birds are chatting and the rooster is awake and on duty. ...
Good Morning
6/2/25 6:00 47f (8.3c) Clear, blue sky, faintest of breezes, the sun hasn't quite topped the ridge. Jay birds are tussling, raising a ruckus. Otherwise, it is a fairly quiet morning.
Good Morning
6/1/25 6:15 50f (10c) We slept in the tipi last night. In the backyard, like kids having a sleepover. The oak trees were creaking in the wind when we went to bed. It was 58f (14.4c). Now it...
Good Morning
5/31/25 5:45 52f (11c) Clear, blue sky with a light breeze.
Good Morning
5/30/25 6:30 47f (8.3c) Blue sky, faint breeze . Sun topped the ridge at 6:45. The rooster is crowing, birds are singing, an orchard crew is whooping and banging ladders in the rows down the road. I anticipate a lovely day. ...
Good Morning
5/29/25 5:30 57f (13.9c) Cloudy. The morning started dull, gray and broken up, but now the clouds have gone all Maxfield Parrish. What I thought were swallows chasing bugs turned out to be floaters, but still, it is a...
Good Morning
5/28/25 6:00 56f (11.6c) Clear, blue sky, no wind. Somewhere up Swyers Drive an orchard sprayer whines; distant enough I can't smell the poison, near enough to disturb the tranquility of the morning. I can't really complain about the noise. Walter Dawg has been...
Good Morning
5/27/25 5:30 46f (7.7c) Blue sky and birds singing. No wind. It's Tuesday, the day after Memorial Day. People are getting ready for work, the school bus will be by soon. I sit here submerged in hot water, sipping tea, listening to the birds sing. How do I like...
Good Morning
5/26/25 6:00 56f (13.3c) Cloudy and calm. It was raining when I went to bed but things are dry here now.
Good Morning
5/25/25 9:30 56f (13.3c) Cloudy. We went to The Outlaw Concert in Ridgefield yesterday. The bands were all good. https://vimeo.com/1087564900?share=copy Bob Dylan stuck to songs which matched his range, a sign of his maturity as a...
