Sometimes, after I have completed another night of grading
essays for my writing classes this summer, I pull open the curtains or walk
outside to water the plants before going to bed and find the early morning
incredibly pretty for a number of reasons—the sun has not yet risen about the
horizon, the air is at its coolest, and the birds are singing.
Only recently, after I downloaded the Exsate Golden Hour
app, have I become more acquainted with both the blue hour and the golden hour,
both of which appear once in the morning and once in the evening but usually
for less than an hour each time.
I don’t remember finding as much enjoyment in the morning blue
hour when I was younger and hurrying to work or when I was working the midnight
shift and guarding KC-135’s on alert while I was stationed in Montana.
I am almost tempted to rearrange my internal clock so that I
can wake up at something like 4:30 every morning. My circadian rhythm has been configured differently for so many years. I’m not sure that I can ever actually become
a morning person. The idea, though, is appealing and something to consider.
