5:30 AM

​            Why don’t I rise at this quiet hour more often? Cool air, dewy grass, peaceful pond ruffled by three landing sweeps – a trio of mallards have arrived for the day. Fog bank whorls over the Penobscot River, a face mask muffling the rising sun.
            When you have to catch a 7:30 boat that’s an hour and a quarter’s drive away, you drag yourself up and out. Makes me wish I had to catch a 7:30 boat every morning (sort of).           
 
My 60th year in 60,000 words
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