Coffee on the back step

I get up at six because the dog does. While she sniffs the garden I sit on the back step with a cup of coffee and do nothing.

I don't check my phone. I don't plan the day. I look at what grew overnight and what got eaten.

In winter

Same step, more clothes. The coffee goes cold in four minutes instead of ten. I drink it faster. The dog still sniffs the garden, though there is nothing to sniff but snow.