Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/22/26 6:00 67F (19.4C) Cloudy, still, quiet. Puffy white clouds hover motionless above me. Autocorrect and predictive text turn what I write into gibberish as soon as I look away AI is pervasive, unreliable, and an unrepentant pollutant of information,  art,...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/21/26 5:30 60F (15.5C) Calm, mostly clear, no smoke. Yesterday’s gray skies have been replaced by blue, decorated by brilliant white tufts, illuminated by the sun, still struggling to rise above the ridge. Good morning.        ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/20/26 6:00 62F (16.6C) Overcast, no wind. This morning is as soft and gray  as the underdown of a dove’s belly. A crow’s rasping call tears the stillness. A hummingbird perches on the top branch of a birch. It is quiet once more. Good morning....
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/19/26 5:30 55F (12.7C) Birch leaves shudder under the caress of an unseen breeze in the clear blue shadow of morning, before the sun has risen. Amy, just returned from California, is still asleep in the house. Walter slumbers on the deck, with one eye open....
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/18/26 6:15 55F (12.7C) Blue sky and no breeze. Soon the sun will light the canyon. The rooster is crowing, the hens are clucking. Walter has roused himself from the deck to go bark at something,  but he lacks enthusiasm. The sprinkler rattles through the corn...