Category Archives: Weather

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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Smoke and Heat

Posted on August 26, 2020 by sputterpub

It used to be, when temps increased this much, we’d go to chilly theaters, patronize cool restaurants, or visit venues such as water parks, or any enterprise that by its situation or machines provided shade and cooler moving air. But … Continue reading →

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Tower Fan

Posted on August 22, 2020 by sputterpub

I can’t remember when I bought this fan – a tower that can radiate the air: create a V-shaped breeze for pre-set span of operation, placed most anywhere. I used to use it for the dozen days a year, when … Continue reading →

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Dawn Delay

Posted on August 18, 2020 by sputterpub

I’ve been an early riser 30 years or so, with energy from dawn to 3. I’m waking now before the sun appears, but that’s from time of year and not from me. I never set a clock; I’m naturally awake … Continue reading →

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Humidity

Posted on July 25, 2020 by sputterpub

They say it doesn’t flourish in humidity. We’re blessed with damp air.

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Humming (HA 48 Villanelle)

Posted on May 4, 2020 by sputterpub

The jury’s out, in doubt, about our fate. We note the plants and planet will endure; in other words the hummingbirds elate. Arrested, it’s my lot to isolate within a garden, soothed and yet unsure; the jury’s out, in doubt, … Continue reading →

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