Back to the Basics - And More

Every morning I start out with a hot cup of coffee, usually with flavored cream. With the lights turned low, my computer at the ready, cup of java at hand, I am ready to slide into the day scanning news articles, dwelling on those that interest me, enjoying a quiet time I know will not return until the next morning.

For the past six months or so, my morning has started somewhere around 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.. The quiet broken only by the occasional train on the nearby tracks, or the rumble due to the missing muffler on our newspaper delivery vehicle.

Mornings can't get much better than that.

How do you spend your mornings? What would drive you to get up early, even on the weekends?