Good Morning

Good Morning

  8/1/26 6:30 61F (16C) Calm, partly cloudy. The moon has set, the sun is still below the ridge. The Grasshopper fire has grown to above 26,000 acres with zero containment reported. It’s probably 15 miles south of here. I haven’t seen  any activity,...
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 Yesterday’s gray skies have been replaced by blue, decorated by brilliant white tufts, illuminated by the sun, still struggling to rise above the ridge.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

  7/1/26 6:15 55F (12.7C) Windy with white clouds scudding across the bright blue sky. A jay squawks. Walter barks. The rooster crows. A gust sighs through the  oaks. Momentary interruptions in the still of morning. It is a relatively quiet Wednesday this first...
Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

    7/1/25 2:00 91f (32.7c) Sunny, hot, and windless.  Walter, Mike and I went up into the Gifford Pinchot to seek relief from the hot weather in the tall trees.  We did a couple of short walks (no mushrooms,  no surprise), then sat down had a whiskey and...
Blackberries

Blackberries

  I am at the side of the trail, eating blackberries just as fast as I can pick them. They stain my fingers red and dissolve in my mouth, this one sweet, that one tart. Thorns tear at my forearms as I reach inside the briars to twist free another berry. The trick...