Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
7/2/26 5:30 52F (11C) No wind. The sky is filled with mares tails. In the distance a lone sprayer drones. Now another one, closer this time, joins in an orchard sprayer duet. Birds sing, unbothered by the whine. Walter barks a bit, then lies down. The clouds...
Good Morning
7/1/26 6:15 55F (12.7C) Windy with white clouds scudding across the bright blue sky. A jay squawks. Walter barks. The rooster crows. A gust sighs through the oaks. Momentary interruptions in the still of morning. It is a relatively quiet Wednesday this first...
Good Morning
6/30/26 6:15 53F (11.6C) Windy and cloudy. It doesn't look like it rained last night after all. I finished unloading the truck yesterday and put the canvas up to dry. Staked up some corn the wind blew over while I was at it. The baby rabbits seem to be...
Good Morning
6/29/26 5:30 53F (11.6C) Overcast with a brisk wind. Gray clouds whip past. Here and there they fray and tear, revealing the promise of blue sky. A blue jay imitates the woodpecker and taps a tattoo with its beak. Yesterday the rabbit kindled 9 kits, all alive....
Good Morning
6/28/26 5:30 Cool and wet. It rained hard last night, finally tapering off this morning as we pack up to go home. Buttered cornbread with milk and molasses for breakfast. The molasses poured slowly in the Junuary chill and I had to use the ax to cut the...
Good Morning
6/27/28 5:00 Cold and raining. It rained all night and is still raining now. Last night the fire struggled to keep ahead of the drips and was mostly successful. I was able to rekindle flames from the embers earlier this morning. Occasional gusts shake the...
Good Morning
6/26/26 5:00 Cold, calm with sprinkles and intermittent drizzle. They had a bear raid this camp earlier in the week. That's okay. I have bear spray. In the truck. Parked at the other end of camp, down by the highway. Up at 2 for a dash to the latrine and again...
Good Morning
6/25/26 5:15 53F (13.3C) Calm and dry. Haze is creeping into the blue sky. Rain is forecast for this evening. The canyon is still in shadow. It is quiet this morning, only a couple of birds calling to each other. The rooster is sleeping in. The truck is...
Good Morning
6/24/26 6:15 58F (14.4C) Calm. Blue sky with mares tails. The sun just hit the cedar in the southwest corner of the yard. The birds are singing, the cannons boom occasionally, a car whizzes past now and again. It's a relatively quiet summer morning in the...
Good Morning
6/23/26 6:00 57F (13.8C) Calm, blue sky. The canyon is still in shadow but yellow morning sunlight bathes the sloping field and bordering firs to the west. The birds are just waking. The rooster is crowing. Walter has found something to bark at. Good morning....
