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Sleep Tight

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:00:06 +0000

Cold weather makes me want to hibernate. Four days from the winter solstice, I start yawning by mid-afternoon as the sun slips past the trees beyond our home. Fortunately, the cold weather also makes it easier for me to fall asleep and stay asleep most of the night. I may be jinxing myself by writing […]

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In Praise of Sleep

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:00:50 +0000

I cannot function without a good night’s sleep. Or, rather, I can function, but I’ll feel awful, like I’m moving through sludge. Most nights, I sleep uninterrupted and feel refreshed in the morning, although it depends on the more-often-than-I-would-like trips to the bathroom at some point around 4:00 or 5:00—a matter of age, and if […]

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Dreamscapes

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:00:39 +0000

I am trying to remember what I dreamt this morning. I used to be able to recall my dreams, but my memory doesn’t work the same anymore. Now I’m often left with only the ghost of emotions stirred in my sleep. All I can remember of this morning is waking and drifting and waking again, […]

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Perchance to Dream

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:00:16 +0000

I’ve been having some trouble falling asleep, lately. I go through these bouts from time to time, when I’m trying to do too much and my mind is overstimulated, or when I’ve sat up at my computer too late, or when I watch too much news. Some of the solutions are obvious (plan in evening […]

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Time to Stop Typing

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:00:06 +0000

I’ve been having trouble sleeping the past few nights. My finger ulcer keeps waking me up. Usually when this happens, I have an infection. But that’s not the case this time. The skin is just too raw on the tip of my right ring finger, but I need to type and do other tasks, and […]

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In Praise of Naps

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:00:46 +0000

It’s 2:30 in the afternoon on a dreary, rainy Monday, and my brain is going on strike. I have spent the morning meeting with clients near Boston, which required more than two hours of commuting in a steady downpour, followed by an hour-long phone appointment when I got back home. The conversations were all meaningful, […]

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Waking Up Is Hard to Do

Evelyn Herwitz — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:10 +0000

It takes me a long time to get going each morning. No matter when my cell alarm vibrates, I press snooze at least three times before I can fully gain consciousness and know for certain that I am here, in my bed, not hugging a newly planted tree to protect it from a group of […]

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