Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
1/2/26 6:30 37F (2.7C) Calm, quiet, damp. A thin fog sifts through the trees and settles in the canyon. It is warmer than yesterday morning, no ice. Everything is wet. I hear an owl softly calling. A few birds chirp quietly. A half dozen ducks rise from the...
Happy New Year
1/1/26 7:00 31F (-0.5C) Overcast, gray, subdued. Everything is encased in ice. Haze from morning fires has settled in the firs. A freezing mist is transitioning to light rain. Snow is forecast. I am surrounded by the discordant squawks of birds. Walter...
New Year’s Eve
12/31/25 4:30 34F (1C) Calm, hazy with the moon waxing gibbous, nearly full. Dave and Kel took Mom to Marchesi Vinyards for an end of the year tasting so Amy and I invited ourselves along. The temperature dropped with the sun but they have a firepit at each table so...
Good Morning
12/31/25 6:30 24F (-4.4C) The sky is blue, the ground is frozen. There is no wind. Home from California. The cold bites my fingers like a puppy. It's teeth are sharp. Ducks circle up from the weeds, heading out for a morning sortie. Dawn Patrol....
Good Morning
12/30/25 5:00 40F (4.4C) Calm, clear, and dark. Our flight leaves SFX around three. We are having dinner with the kniece in Potland before going home. ...
Good Morning
12/29/25 7:00 39F (3.9C) Calm and clear with a faint breeze out of the east. Monday morning in San Carlos. The whine of leaf blowers fills the air. After breakfast we walked from San Carlos to Lynne's house in Redwood City. Christmas decorations were...
Good Morning
12/28/25 6:30 41F (5.0C) Calm and clear, night still lingers dark. The moon, half full and waxing brightly into the wee hours, has set. Amy is asleep. I am enjoying the solitary peace of early morning. ...
Good Morning
12/27/25 9:00 50F (10.0C) Sunshine, blue sky mixed with clouds and no wind. Another late night, up past midnight, slept in, dark dreams of the resistance forming, troop carriers rolling through the streets. We returned the rental car this morning, and rode the train...
Good Morning
12/26/25 6:30 52F (11.11C) Cool and calm. Broken clouds are patchworked across the blue sky in the subdued light of a quiet dawn. The wind and rain are taking a break. Perhaps like myself, they are enjoying a brief respite from the holiday frenzy. I had...
Good Morning
12/25/25 8:00 56F (13.3C) Broken clouds, light wind out of the south; the rain has paused for the moment. We were trapped in a stairwell but escaped to the condo lobby. There was a power outage; it closed the fire doors and shut down the...
