Category Archives: Weather

Late Theft

Posted on December 6, 2020 by sputterpub

Well finally the leaves begin to turn;the fall has been delayed by climate change.For weeks our land and forests were a-burn,and now the local fauna’s acting strange.The critters that should shelter won’t adjourn –they flit and fly and don’t reduce … Continue reading →

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First Rain

Posted on November 25, 2020 by sputterpub

We had a little tease of rain last week.Now I can hardly wait for it to pour.I love it when the sky begins to leak,when I’m outside in boots and hooded coator better, in my room with my techniquefor coziness, … Continue reading →

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Thanks to LC

Posted on November 8, 2020 by sputterpub

Persimmons start to ripen in the treeoutside my window. I was not the gard-ener – my neighbor’s into botany –she asked if she could farm the little yardbetween us and I hastened to agree.She made the labor look like nothing … Continue reading →

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Late Fall

Posted on November 2, 2020 by sputterpub

As if on hold forregime change, leaves don’t yet fall.Autumn’s in suspense.

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Time & Space Heater

Posted on October 12, 2020 by sputterpub

I have a calendar but don’t relyon it, retired, home 200 days.But morning gives a message from the sky –to rise at 6 is long before the sun.And then I feel a chill I can’t deny,informing me that winter’s on … Continue reading →

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Blue

Posted on October 3, 2020 by sputterpub

Surprised at blue sky –A blessing from borrowed timewe must soon repay.

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Weather Whether

Posted on September 24, 2020 by sputterpub

The weather is the first thing on my mindwhen I get up, if no catastrophedemands attention urgently from me.I peer outside and read an app to findwhat’s needed and what I can leave behind,to venture out. The main concern for … Continue reading →

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Rubaiyat on Frozen Meat

Posted on September 18, 2020 by sputterpub

I’m not a fan of meat. I never wishfor steak or dogs, and I don’t crave a dishof stew. My mother cooked and tried to feedme flesh – I never cared for more than fish. My favorite meals are based … Continue reading →

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Cause and Effect

Posted on September 16, 2020 by sputterpub

Remember when the sun appeared each day?When sky at 2 p.m. was nothing strange?I understand the cause with full dismay:the term for it of late is climate change.We saw it coming 60 years ago.My father gave me Silent Spring to … Continue reading →

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Extended Family Status

Posted on September 14, 2020 by sputterpub

Is this our future now? Will we contendwith summer fires till all fuel has burned?Will conflagration make our weather bend,or weather rend our fortunes overturned?In San Francisco, Berkeley, San Rafael,in Oakland, Portland, Talent, air is hell.The visuals are noxiously obscured … Continue reading →

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