Washington State 2024 - A Washington Morning

 My brother lives in a rural area of Washington. I get up, the house is quiet, turn on the coffee and sit at the table gazing out the door at the forest that lies just beyond his deck. The sun is a smear of light in the sky as it tries to break through a shield of gray. The rays that do come through make the morning dew shimmer. A tiny bird flits by as bare, moss covered branches share space with the scant remains of fall color.

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