Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
10/9/25 6:30 51F (10.5C) No wind. Cloudy and raining lightly. It looks like we had a good soaking last night. I think I got everything that would be a nuisance to get wet off the truck and put away yesterday, but I still need to unload the tipi poles. ...
Good Morning
10/8/25 7:00 40F (4.4C) Blue sky with a light breeze coming up the canyon. It's Wednesday morning, the last day in camp. The creek is nattering on like a garrulous old man. Somewhere upstream a squirrel is chatting with the birds, who whistle incredulously at...
Good Morning
Tuesday morning 10/7/25 7:30 40F (4.4C) Clear blue sky. The sun is just kissing the tree tops up on the canyon rim. There is no wind here. I can hear the logging show about a mile away. They started moving equipment about an hour...
Good Morning
10/6/25 Good Monday morning to you. 7:30 38F (3.3C) but it feels colder. Heating water for tea while my brother and Robert sleep. ...
Good Morning
10/5/25 Good morning. 6:00 and cold enough to see my breath but comfortable by the fire. I am not sure if I hear Walter or Jason, but someone is snoring in the tipi, loud enough to scare the bears. Sipping my tea and listening to the brook babble stories to me,...
Good Morning
10/4/25 5:00 53F (11.6C) I can see stars through the clouds. There is no wind. Crickets are thrumming. An occasional acorn drops from a tree. The gibbous moon has set. My tea is hot. ...
Good Morning
10/3/25 6:30 46F (7.7C) Clear sky with a couple of planets rising in the east in a losing race with the morning light. It feels brisk; there is a cool breeze murmuring through the dawn. ...
Good Morning
10/2/25 6:30 45F (7.2C) It's a little cloudy but calm. We must have gotten more rain. The deck is wet again. There is a bird calling from the oaks I haven't heard before. It's like a jungle sound track. Short repetitive call, like a chimpanzee in an old Tarzan...
Good Morning
10/1/25 7:00 50F (10C) It is a calm morning, still wet from last night's rain. No wind. Birds glide overhead, past broken clouds. Mares tails portend more weather on the way. Ever a trend setter, the birch has adopted a seasonal...
Good Morning
9/30/25 6:30 47F(8.3C) A windless morning. Clear, blue sky. The deck is wet, still slick with last night's rain. The crickets are silent this morning, but the birds are active, squawking and chattering. The owl across the way is asking the usual...
