Category Archives: Weather

Oregon October

Posted on October 23, 2018 by sputterpub

A week of fall sun before the rainy season waters winter dreams

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September

Posted on September 18, 2018 by sputterpub

Eucalyptus leaves season the deck with earth-toned clattering teardrops

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Unwell

Posted on August 30, 2018 by sputterpub

Our ocean is too warm. Our forests burn too often now, too widely, and the air bears irritants, but most in power spurn the obvious, the facts: that they impair tomorrow with the corporate hunt for wealth, as much as … Continue reading →

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August Light

Posted on August 13, 2018 by sputterpub

Dawn: Now the sun retreats; it will not rise till after 6, delaying dawn.   Dusk: Mid-August evenings linger late, but still the light ebbs as autumn nears.

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Bayarea

Posted on July 19, 2018 by sputterpub

“I feel a little guilty,” someone said to me last week, “because I don’t attend events this place is famous for. Instead I stick to home, avoiding traffic, spend my weekends in my yard, my neighborhood, my livingroom.” I boggled … Continue reading →

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Pathetic Fallacy

Posted on March 1, 2018 by sputterpub

The weather seemed in sympathy that day with his despair: abysmal dismal guy. But that was mere coincidence – the way he staggered out, tear-blinded as the sky shellacked his pain with rainfall. Inside out ran water, but that wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Squirrel Time

Posted on February 13, 2018 by sputterpub

Surveying my environment, I see a harbinger, appearing to embody now: a squirrel ten feet up a tree, supporting in his mouth a large biscotti. That cookie’s winter fare – it’s not a food suggesting February leads to spring. And … Continue reading →

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Dry

Posted on February 6, 2018 by sputterpub

We’re halfway through our winter, and had one impressive storm, with nothing more offshore than ridges of tenacious highs. The sun is too persistent, and the temperature abuses plants and squirrels. Every bird acts out of season. Daffodils appear. The … Continue reading →

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Squirrels

Posted on January 18, 2018 by sputterpub

This winter weather isn’t normal here. I state that not to argue or complain. The other coast, the other hemisphere have got it worse, but we’re bereft of rain. The squirrels race around like early spring. Mid-January hummingbirds abound. Oxalis … Continue reading →

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Weird Place, Weird Time

Posted on January 13, 2018 by sputterpub

A splash of sunshine on a wooden floor, a leafless tree with sparrows on its limbs, a cloud-white teasing sky that should hold more of rain for us, but winter storms are flim- sy here – so far this year … Continue reading →

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