The Afterword

Tag: sunrise

  • The First Part of the Day

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    Peter
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    Tell us about your morning routine. I never set an alarm in the morning. I don’t need to. My body clock wakes me in the early hours each day. So my morning routine is really about protecting the first part of the day, especially the hour and a half between five and six-thirty. There are…

  • The Morning Delegation

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    Peter
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    It’s early. Ridiculously early. The world is still blue-grey and holding its breath. But I’m up—by choice, no less. Dog and cat fed. Coffee brewed. Brain only halfway online. I sit down to write, clutching the warm mug like it’s the last torch on earth. This is my hour. My quiet. My sacred little pocket…