Poems & Other Lies

Poems & Other Lies

Good Morning

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.    

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Good Morning

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.                              ...

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Good Morning

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,...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    7/2/25 5:30 63f (17.2c) A few clouds and a light breeze this morning.  Walter Dawg is still  limping,  but he must be feeling better.  He is barking his fool head off.

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/1/25 5:30 63f (18.2c) There is a whisper  of breeze.  The clear, blue sky has a few strands of clouds marring its perfection. I can hear the rumbling complaints of our fans from inside the house. They will get no rest; it will be hot again today.

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Good Morning

Good Morning

6/30/25 5:30 58f(14.4c) featureless blue sky, calm with that early summer morning light which reveals everything without a hint of direction. The silence is broken by a prop plane clawing through the air for points south. It awakens the rooster and disturbs a squadron...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    6/28/25 5:30 56f(13.3c) Partly cloudy. Calm and quiet except for the ever-present orchard sprayer. Walter is still limping. The vet thinks he has arthritis in his elbows. I need to check on mom this morning - she had a hip replaced yesterday. I saw her...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

      6/26/25 6:00 56f (13.3c) Gray and overcast with a few patches of blue. No wind. A subdued muttering hidden in the leaves betrays the presence of birds. A dove is cooing across the street somewhere. This morning lacks enthusiasm.    ...

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Good Morning

6/26/25 6:00 56f (13.3c) Gray and overcast with a few patches of blue. No wind. Subdued muttering hidden in the leaves betrays the presence of birds. A dove is cooing across the street somewhere. This morning lacks enthusiasm.

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