Poems & Other Lies
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...
Good Morning
9/29/25 5:30 57(13.8) It's dark, starting to sprinkle and presumably overcast. The weather is changing. No wind stirs the air but occasionally an acorn let's go and plummets rattling through the branches to smack the ground. Far up the canyon I...
Good Morning
9/28/25 6:30 47 (8.3) The morning star floats above the trees, shining brightly against the darkly muted dawn. ...
Good Morning
9/27/25 8:00 44F (6.66C) Clear blue sky. No wind. The sun is cresting the ridge. The kennel across the highway has let the incarcerated dogs out for their morning romp. Walter was loudly expressing his sympathy, so I took him inside and fed him....
Good Morning
9/26/25 6:45 47F (8.3C) The sky is brilliant pink, shading to orange. The morning has been calm and the sprayers are taking advantage of the lack of wind, although I do feel a breeze beginning to stir. ...
Good Morning
9/25/25 6:30 52F (11.1C) Clear sky, slight breeze this morning. I am surrounded by the sounds of the country. Nearby, the sprayers roar, in the distance they whine. A truck rumbles by. The dog is barking. Jays squawk. A crow is calling across the road...
Good Morning
9/24/25 6:00 49F (9.4C) Dark and clear this morning. The stars are still out. It was quiet. A prop plane churned by. Then the dog across the street heard something. His barking set off Walter who is now protecting our perimeter, loudly...
Good Morning
9/23/25 6:00 47F (8.3C) A pretty autumn morning. Still air, and quiet. No industrial hum, no sprayers whining in the distance, almost no early traffic. Above me is a pattern of constantly shifting hues, pinks and lavenders, yellows and blues. The...
Good Morning
9/22/25 6:00 47F (8.3C) Calm, clear, dark. Happy birthday, Mom! ...
