Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Dec 21, 2025

    12/21/25 6:30 32F (0C) Winter Solstice. Cloudy, frozen and dark. Cold, moonless, and without stars. There is nary a breath of wind. The leaves have been brushed with frost, the deck is slick with ice. Winter has arrived.        ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Dec 20, 2025

    12/20/25 6:45 34F (1.1C) Cold, clear,  calm. Ducks rise from the pond beyond the fence. I hear their wings beat the still air; their quacking fades as they circle east and disappear. I had expected overcast with light rain, perhaps  snow. It is cold but...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Dec 19, 2025

    12/19/25 7:00 35F (1.6C) Overcast. Cold with a slight breeze. Damp and gloomy. Scattered drifts of slushy snow melt into the muddy grass. The rooster crows, forlorn and still locked in the coop. A bird squawks, a dog barks. A disgruntled crow croaks from...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Dec 18, 2025

    12/18/25 6:45 38F (3.3C) Dark,  raining. There is no wind. The sky is a uniform , dull gray. It is raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock. By 7:30 I begin to see snow mixed with the rain. Very wet, more like raindrops with texture, a portent of...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | Dec 16, 2025

  12/16/25 5:45 50F (10C) Dark and rainy, with the wind dropping off. A hard rain is pelting down, rattling in the drain pipe, splashing through the muddy turf. In between the fog and clouds rests a thin band of not quite light, a slightly brighter shade of gray ...