Opening paragraphs.......................

Mornings start at different times.  In summer I wake up pretty early, sometimes as early as seven.  It's later in the winter - when the days are shorter, I sleep longer.  I might not get up until eleven.  Maybe that happens to everyone.  It used to be worse.  I used to have real trouble getting up in the winter, and even when I did, I might stay in bed for hours.  These days it's a little easier to start the day, not matter what the season.

-Brian Wilson,  i am Brian Wilson:  a memoir