And thank you so much for joining us again.

It is the Nightly Pleasures podcast episode number 38.

I am your host of the piece you're about to hear tonight, The Grey Knight.

It's going to be an abridged episode.

No big surprise there, since we did have an extra long one last week.

Today it's just you, me,

and the peace at hand. Up next, something that's been requested many, many, many times,

but somehow just felt right with the changing of the season and everything else upon us.

I hope fall is engulfing you in a wonderful, slightly too

chilled blanket, and just like me, you're really looking forward to this change in temperature.

And so here's a piece that celebrates absolutely everything about that change in season.

It's intimate, it's warm inside when it's cold outside,

and it goes by the name, First Morning. Well, good morning, my no longer bride to be.

Yeah, it is a little bit too early

But I can't sleep anymore

Mm-mm

And feel like a kid on Christmas morning

But like second Christmas, Christmas morning, but like second Christmas.

You know, the first part was just having to unwrap and take pictures and write notes.

This Christmas, everybody stays asleep, the toys are already open, and I just get to play with them. I mean you. I just

get to play with you. All right, so it's not a perfect metaphor.

What are you going to do?

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