I call it Operation Morning Glory. It sounds more dramatic than it is. Every morning, Janna and I do the same things in the same order. It started as habit. It became something we protect. The sequence First, the animals. Judy, our golden retriever, is already awake and waiting. Waffles and Pancakes, our two cats, appear from wherever cats sleep and remind us that they are starving. We feed them. This takes five minutes. Then coffee. We use a Chemex pour-over, which is slower

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