The radiator wakes me before the alarm, and the kettle goes on before I have an opinion about anything. Four years of trimming a morning routine down to its smallest surviving version, plus a note about why I have the hour at all.
Last winter my flat went dark at half three in the afternoon and there was nothing I could do about the windows. Here is what I tried anyway, what was a waste of effort, and the small things I will repeat next year.
The hour before the day starts.
Written and edited by Elise Fontaine.
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