Went for a sleep study last night, first in 12 years. I could only sleep 2 hours, so the tech could not get enough data. I totally blew it. I made preparations, turned my day upside down, even cut my 3-day weekend short so I could do this, and I blew it. Just could not …
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Dram Amble
If you’ve never taken a walk while intoxicated, I highly recommend it. You have to trust the neighborhood, but only halfway. To make up for your impaired thinking, you have to heighten your senses and be aware of what’s around you. In your hyper-vigilance for dangers in the shadows, you see new things, make observations, …
Quiet Night, Cold City
Quiet night. Cold front has us all down, low, homebodied, sheltered in place. Chat is quiet. Phone is quiet. Internet is quiet. Been home all day, restless evening, nothing doing. I get stir-crazy like this and don’t feel like life is lived right if I’m home alone all day, and them old feelings come raging …
Holy Season, Holy Light
I’ve always considered Winter to be a holy season. As the Earth’s axis tilts backward in relation to the Sun, the constellations that are typically below the equatorial line at night move north and become visible once again. The first time I see Orion bounding low and large across the horizon, I stop and gasp. …
Revolutional Intersticial
So, an addendum to my previous post. This night schedule certainly does have me screwed up. But I can no longer underestimate the curative power of a 4AM power nap and some quality social time at sunrise with some of my early-rising but otherwise respectable friends at the cafe. I do feel a bit better. …