Spoon coffee grounds into the BPA-free filter, the scent a bright hit in the ice-crystal kitchen. Cat slurps his morning meal, shoulders hunched protectively over his bowl.
I am so not going to fight him for a bite.
Down the obligatory 8 oz of skim to wash down the multivitamin and D3 tabs. Cereal clattering into a Pyrex bowl, then softened by another deep splash of skim. My jaws work the goodness from five different healthy grains.
Grabbing the golden caffeine elixir, I pad off to transcribe my dreams.
All this only when the sun rises before I have to.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2017)
Carrot Ranch Prompt (12/14/2017): In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story using the phrase “only in…” It can be used to tell a story about a profession, a place or situation. Go were the prompt leads you.
Valley of the Trolls 
Loved your breakfast Liz. Sounds like a wonderful early morning rising.
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That makes me feel all sentimental for morning — but first, sleep! Then to transcribe dreams again with golden elixir.
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Next week, the sun begins to come up earlier every morning. More daylight, less sleep. 😦
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Unless I start going to bed before midnight! (Gasp!)
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I could imagine every moment during a morning like this. Especially the cat hunched over her food. Sounds like my life.
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It IS a pretty good life, isn’t it. Cheers!
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Cheers to the early morning!
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