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...
EIEIO

EIEIO

    Robert arrived at my place late Wednesday morning. My eye had been bothering me, so he kindly drove. With Rob behind the wheel, Walter and I piled into the truck and we set off for wastelands of Eastern Oregon to visit Scott McDonald. Scott, Robert and I...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/17/26 6:00 51F (10.5C) Clear sky, no wind. The sun is still below the ridge. The canyon is in shadows, light just kissing the crest of firs along the western rim. Birds are active, flitting through the trees and chattering back and forth. I drink my tea and...