Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
6/8/26 6:30 50F (10C) Calm, cloudy, no wind, no precipitation. Yesterday it dried out. More rain is predicted today, but there is none at this moment. Birds call to each other under a sky the color of lint. The neighbor's dog started yapping and Walter...
Good Morning
6/7/26 6:15 46F (7.7C) Cloudy but still. It rained off and on all day yesterday, sometimes hard. It stormed last night. This morning there is no rain and no wind, but there is a big limb off the maple laying across the deck. Somewhat improbably, there...
Good Morning
6/6/26 6:30 49F (9.4C) Cloudy, calm. The sun is up. It is a quiet Saturday morning. The birds chat with each other in subdued voices. The clouds overhead move to the east in a steady, orderly procession. There is no wind on the ground. It rained last night,...
Good Morning
6/5/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) Cloudy, light gusts, no rain. I slept late. The sun is over the ridge. A brisk breeze blows through the oaks, shuffling leaves like a deck of cards. Walter is barking at the neighbor's dog. Sheila Kitty is critiquing my tea....
Good Morning
6/4/26 5:00 50F (10C) Light breeze on the ground. A few scattered clouds drift across an otherwise clear, blue sky. To the east, a yellow tinge betrays the sun clawing its way over the ridge. The moon, waning gibbous, has just dropped behind Willow...
Good Morning
6/3/26 7:00 48F (8.8C) Overcast with a light breeze and random sprinkles. It is about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday morning. We kept a fire going in the lodge all night and it was nice and toasty when I finally got up. After breakfast we will strike...
Good Morning
6/2/26 5:30 38F (3.3C) It is a cold, clear and calm morning with expectations of a hot afternoon. David made squirrel bread for breakfast, notable not only because it was good, but because my brother never bakes. ...
Good Morning
6/1/26 5:30 44F (6.66C) Clear, blue sky, no wind. The full moon has set, the sun is waiting just behind Snakehead Ridge. High temperatures forecast above 80F (26.6C) for the next three days. I am packed. A remote meadow on a mountain stream is waiting...
Good Morning
5/31/26 5:45 43F (6.1C) Still, light overcast. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
5/30/26 6:30 47F (8.3C) Calm. Yesterday's winds have blown themselves out. A thin veil of white clouds is drawn across the blue sky like wrinkled cheesecloth. Terry and Dave loaded the tipi poles on the truck for me yesterday, and I procured provisions....
