Category Archives: Weather

Winter Furs

Posted on October 4, 2021 by sputterpub

We’re into Fall and so far we’ve had luck –air quality has never been as pooras last year’s. Ocean actions let us duckthe choking smoke and ash. Now we’re unsurewe’ll get good rain. We may have to enduremore drought, but … Continue reading →

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Harbinger

Posted on September 6, 2021 by sputterpub

September 6 isSummer still. Against my facea breeze recalls Fall.

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Making Do

Posted on August 17, 2021 by sputterpub

In further evidence of climate change,the squirrels are resorting to green plumsas dietary mainstay. It seems strangeto watch them hunt the prunus; hungry bums,they must be famished – fruit once scorned becomestheir diet. See them finish every bit –who used … Continue reading →

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Variety

Posted on August 12, 2021 by sputterpub

I heard the sprinklers fire while in bed.I rolled supine and opened morning eyesto evidence of rain above my head –the spattered glass of skylights a surprise.Two hundred miles east there’s heat instead,and low humidity, and blood-red skies.We’re California big … Continue reading →

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A Dry Wet

Posted on July 28, 2021 by sputterpub

The leaf and leak patrols are out in force.I hear the power mowers, and I seethe EBMUD driver, in his truck of course,on cell phone while awaiting company.Surmising leaks they seek to find the source;our soaring bills denote a mystery.The … Continue reading →

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For Just One Day

Posted on July 13, 2021 by sputterpub

For just one day, it’s feeling normal here.We’re summer cool, beneath a sky of grayat dawn and dusk, at midday mild, clear.For just one day. I’m smelling skunk but didn’t see the spray.My garden tenants thrive – they all appearto … Continue reading →

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Using

Posted on June 29, 2021 by sputterpub

I’d like to launder linens, and the clothesI’ve used this busy week. I know the yardis wanting water, too. From neck to toesI will immerse myself, and though on guardbecause of drought, I haven’t yet been barredfrom turning on my … Continue reading →

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A Little More than Drizzle

Posted on June 20, 2021 by sputterpub

Six days ago it sprinkled overnight.I woke at 2 a.m. to gentle rainmore audible than drizzle. With delightI toured my house and savored the refrainof drops on skylight glass. I sought it outin bath and kitchen, manna for my brain,and … Continue reading →

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Dismal Dismay

Posted on June 16, 2021 by sputterpub

The river level falls – there’s algae bloom.A virus thrives and causes human dearth.Catastrophe takes some but makes more roomfor others, on this planet of our birth.We know no other place that’s such a wombfor life, so teeming as beloved … Continue reading →

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Customary June

Posted on June 9, 2021 by sputterpub

Customary June –twenty-four degrees betweentheir valley our bay

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