Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/31/26 Happy Halloween. 7:30 It is cold. There is not yet enough light to be certain, but the sky appears to be clear. I have been forced from the warmth of my bed by the need to urinate. The fire, which had burned since Wednesday, is dead with nary an ember...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/30/26 7:30 Robert departs today and Amy arrives. It didn’t freeze last night, but I believe it came close. Looking through the smokehole I can see there is a light breeze fluttering the streamers. It was quite dark when I stumbled to the latrine at...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/29/26 8:30 The thermometer inside the tipi reads 54F (12.2C). The one outside reads 32F (0C). I think they are both lying. There is no ice or frost, but it is damned chilly in here for 54F. I got up about an hour ago. We kept the fire going all night. The...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/28/26 7:15 44F (6.66C) AQI 29 Overcast with steady rain. A quarter inch is predicted for today. Looks like we will  set up in the rain. The truck is packed and ready to go. Perhaps we will find a fresh bloom of mushrooms. That would go well with our...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/27/26 6:15 45F (7.2C) AQI 25 Cloudy. No wind. It is sprinkling.  It’s been raining off and on all night. The full moon ghosts through thin clouds. An owl is hooting softly down by the creek. Coyotes up on Willow Flat have set all the dogs to barking....