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Too Cold for Softy! That was today’s weather report.  I did not get the report from the radio or internet. Instead, I got it from Quiet Rustle, my cat and weather reporter extraordinaire. Each morning my wife and I enjoy … Continue reading →

It’s early Monday morning and I’m sipping coffee and looking out the window at the November scene outside.  The trees are mostly bare and the leaves are down. Earlier, I went out in my bathrobe to feed the birds and … Continue reading →

October nights when the wind is high and clouds scud by the moon Quiet Rustle and I think twice before peeking through the blinds to find out who scratches at our window while the wind is high and the clouds … Continue reading →

It was not a good summer for tomatoes. The verdant promise of May and June wilted during the drought of July and August. And while I watered faithfully, output plummeted during the dry spell. Now that we’ve enjoyed normal September … Continue reading →

The first few weeks of August are usually rainy.  I can attest to this because every summer since childhood, I go out late on August evenings to witness the Perseid meteor shower.  It is best to go out after midnight … Continue reading →

There’s a lot of terrible stuff going on in the world these days: the war in the Ukraine, social injustice, and problems with the environment.  But,  in this little patch of the world we call home I can find a … Continue reading →

It is approximately mid-July and I am happy to report that my tomatoes are doing really well. We are having a moderate drought here but can easily make up with the garden hose anything we might be lacking in precipitation.  … Continue reading →

Once again, the tomatoes are in! Each year, I plant my tomatoes at the end of May. This year, things were postponed a bit because I came down with a mild case of Covid-19.  In any event,  I have finally … Continue reading →

    cold days and starry nights morning grass and driveways soaked by a random shower passing in the night like worry through a happy dream copyright Christopher Donahue 2022

Another little poem for National Poetry Month: April Coffee April coffee tastes better in the morning sitting on my couch than it does from my travel mug in my car in honking-start-stop traffic  and April coffee certainly tastes better each … Continue reading →