Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
6/14/26 5:30 53F (11.6C) A faint breeze ripples the leaves of a birch then fades away. A jet cracks the morning quiet, rumbling through a filigree of clouds stretched across blue sky. It disappears to the west, leaving no trace of its passage, not even a...
Good Morning
6/13/26 7:00 53F (11.6C) The sun is up, the sky is clear and blue. There is no wind. It is a relatively quiet Saturday morning. A plane drones by. The dog pauses his barking. The chatter of birds singing, squawking, and chirping fills that empty space. Good...
Good Morning
6/12/26 6:00 50F (10C) Clear sky, no wind. Another beautiful blue sky day. The dog is baying at the neighbors and a cherry cannon is booming somewhere over by Middle Mountain. I am drinking ice tea this morning. The power winked off at 5:59. Not...
Good Morning
6/11/26 6:00 44F (6.66C) The sky is as blue as a robin's egg. Not a breath of wind stirs the sun dappled leaves on the maple. A squadron of jays patrol my airspace while Walter Dawg guards the perimeter. The corn has grown three inches since yesterday....
Good Morning
6/10/26 6:30 51F (10.5C) A faint breeze sways the willows and birch. The sun is up in a blue sky bordered by clouds. I watch a jay chase a squirrel through the oak canopy. Walter has joined the canine gossip, barking his contributions from the fence...
Good Morning
6/9/26 6:15 52F (11C) Blustery, gray and damp. The waning crescent moon hangs in a patch of blue, showing through the torn fabric of clouds, rent by a belligerent west wind. The rain has paused but I expect it to resume at any moment. There was a chorus of...
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....
