not like it used to be

snow up to ten inches

in Florida

below freezing but no rain

or snow in western Oregon

bright sunlight sparkling

off Cascade peaks

was weather ever “normal”

or is every season “not

like it used to be when

I was a kid”?

moment of glory

moment of glory

tiny jagged rock

seldom naked above the surf

sporadically catches the edge

of a pounding wave

heaving spray as a glistening

ten-foot, momentary tower

              Lincoln City

and she can get crankier

chill morning, un-summerlike

odd weather for mid-June

in a year of unexpected heat

too early in the season

as though Grandma Nature

were getting cranky in her old age