The Morning People

Wake up call is 7:15 am each morning. But there are a few of us, all adults, who can’t seem to sleep past 5:30 or 6:00.

We’re rewarded by our two cooks, Alice and Debbie, with a big urn of fresh coffee that helps us at least begin to understand one another.

But there’s more that we like about the early morning time… The outdoor temperature is in the high 60s rather than the high 90s… The clouds move through the valley well below the 1200-foot mountain tops that are on either side of us… And we have a few minutes to have a good laugh about how we all work together every day.

There’s not a lot of regimentation or ASP programming this early. So we get to run our own program… which sometimes feels like open mic night at the comedy club. We have a chance to laugh at ourselves and the way we get through our days.

So greetings to all from the morning people, at two minutes to seven.

Ray Ferreira , John Casale , Betsy Kamienowski , Sue Friedrich, John Almendinger