I woke up early in the a.m. this morning with an urgent need to write something fairly major. I can't really divulge what it is that I'm going to write, but I was literally seconds away from getting out of bed and heading to the computer. My tired mind slowly lulled me back to sleep, but this isn't the first time this has happened.

I often wake up in the darkly lit hours of morning with a strong urge to do something "major." I'm not sure if there's just something about those hours or not. The main reason I don't get up is that I'm the type of person that never goes back to sleep once awake. So I have to negotiate whether to spend the rest of the day in a tired haze or if I should get up and get my thoughts out onto the word processor.

I know dad used to wake up early early and go out writing or reading. I'm going to have to do it sometime.

Oh, and while awake, I also had the thought of putting together a McKibben listserv/group so that all of the scattered McKibbens around the country can stay in better contact with one another.

- Matthew