Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
8/20/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) Blue sky alternating with fog blown about by a light breeze blowing from the NW. A single drip has soaked a spot just above my pillow. I got up at 5:00 to use the head, about 1/8 mile walk in the blackness through heavy swirling mist....
Good Morning
8/19/26 6:30 54F (12.2C) Foggy, calm. Fog horns echo mornfully across the bay. Mist blankets the ocean, cool but not wet or uncomfortable. The tea is on. I hear Amy moving in the tipi. She had a rough night. Apparently the sand is not as soft as it appears. I,...
Good Morning
8/18/26 7:00 59F (15C) AQI 55 Blue sky. No wind. The sun has topped the ridge. I hear a sprayer's whine. I wonder what they are spraying - maybe stop drop? There is very little haze this morning. The Grasshopper fire has crept over 91,000 acres and is now 49%...
Good Morning
8/17/26 7:00 56F (13.3C) AQI 57 Blue sky, no wind. The Grasshopper fire is over 90,000 acres and 47% contained as of last night. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
8/16/26 7:00 61F (16C) AQI 54 Slightly hazy blue sky with no breeze. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
8/15/26 6:15 61F (16C) AQI 68 It smells cleaner today, and the haze is barely discernable. A brief rain squall blew through last night. This morning scattered clouds dot a windless, blue sky. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
8/14/26 5:15 58F (14.4 ) AQI 94 It is a dark, still morning. It smells of smoke. The days are noticeably shorter now, and take longer and longer to get started. No stars can be seen, falling or stationary. I sit here in the haze, sipping my tea and watching the...
Good Morning
8/13/26 6:45 56F (13.3C) AQI 84 smokey, no wind. Smoke has returned to the valley. I can see it, I can smell it and I can taste it. Just out of sight, beating propellers announce the passage of aircraft, probably water bombers behind the ridge. There was a fire...
Good Morning
8/12/26 5:45 62F (16.6C) AQI 32 The sky is hazy blue in the dull light of dawn. It is calm and windless, smelling faintly of smoke. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
8/11/26 7:45 62F (16.6C) AQI 64 Clear blue sky with a faint odor of burnt plastic. A white cloud of smoke sits low on the SE horizon, beyond the canyon rim. There is no breeze. I got up late this morning. The sun is up. Walter barked beyond my endurance, so...
