Quiet Mornings

I have become a relatively early riser. I am almost always up an hour or so before the rest of my family. The quiet of the morning is enjoyable, a chance to read the paper, to walk around the neighborhood before people start to stir. Maybe it is inherited. My father worked at a factory almost an hour away. On a normal morning he was up by 5:00 AM. If offered overtime he often chose to start work an hour early, meaning getting up at 4:00 AM or even 3:30 AM on some mornings.

I do get much of my news during the day from the Internet and I usually watch the local evening news, but I do look forward to the morning newspaper. Oh I wish it had less advertisements, more news, and more stories written by reporters instead of copied verbatim from the wire services, but there is little in this world I would not "improve" if given a chance.

I hear footsteps upstairs so my "quiet" time is coming to an end. We will be going to visit our daughter today. Her Birthday is this week. We will celebrate it with her today.