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Tag Archives: sleep
Kitchenwhere
At this moment I am listening to the dishwasher which might be the first music I’ve heard all day. I am not sure why I turned it on. There were no dishes to wash. In fact, there are no dishes … Continue reading
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Tagged dishwasher, kitchen, marriage, music, purpose, silverware, sleep
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because the wash
I was just about to go to sleep, just beginning to descend into the mattress when i came across this cryptic message written on a post-it note, slightly attached to my pillow. i really have no clue as to its … Continue reading
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Tagged bed, consolation, dryness, hope, lacking, messenger, pillow, post-it note, sleep, wash
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Bob
i can’t believe how quiet it is tonight. it’s almost startlingly quiet. except for the persistent ringing in my ears that began at a Wilco concert in Seattle in 1997 and never quite went away. someone at a meditation retreat … Continue reading
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Tagged American Tibetan Buddhist, Angels, bed, Bob, ghost, quiet, ringing in the ears, Seattle, sleep, Wilco
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unsettling
i wonder if i have either stifled my dreams, hopes and aspirations or if i am just sleep-deprived and lethargic. or if stifling dreams, hopes and aspirations leads to sleep deprivation? it did not seem all that long ago when … Continue reading
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Tagged aspirations, core, disparate, dreams, energies, feeling wanted, hopes, lethargy, New York, sleep, sleep deprivation, work
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boxing
i’ve been dragging most of the day. i’m not sure why it was so hard to fall asleep last night. to stay asleep. and i really really need to sleep more than anything else after being sick all week. but … Continue reading
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Tagged badminton, boxing, dragging, hill, man, opportunity, sleep, son, window, woman
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strategies for vanquishing numbness, part 1
entrench yourself in memories of friends lost or forgotten eat yogurt finish the final 90 pages of The Brothers Karamazov lose money from your pockets as you emerge from the subway and then gaze in wonder as a stranger hands … Continue reading
my name
a peculiar moment. at work. somebody asked me my name. it was so shocking to be asked that I found myself at a complete loss for words, and I did not know quite how to answer. i said, do you … Continue reading
the courage to sleep
and then it occurred to me that sleep can be redefined. there are ways to make sleep into something voluminous and profound and constructive, something consequential and transforming. it doesn’t have to be downtime. it can be 8 hours of … Continue reading
lather
some people celebrate surviving their first week at a new job, binging on various forms of stimulants. my version was to binge on yogurt, 2 different kinds of yogurt within 20 minutes. i am all lathered up on yogurt (and … Continue reading
the inert
today, an epic struggle against the forces of inertia. there are days when I awaken with this indeterminate weight of uncertainty. I eat my oatmeal with protein powder and my banana and swallow my supplements… and then … and then … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, celebration, clutter, dreams, friends, inertia, Labor Day, paperwork, psyche, self-pity, sleep, uncanny
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over-over-tired
have you ever had one of those days where you are sooooooo incredibly tired that you are too tired to sleep? you kind of drag yourself off the couch where you’ve been nodding off… into bedroom and when you lie … Continue reading
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Tagged feet, insomnia, pedestrian, potential, sleep, stairs, stumbling, thinking, tripping
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guardian angel
he makes regular featured or cameo appearances in my dreams… my much beloved and greatly missed English Mastiff… always protective and comforting…. sometimes struggling as he did in those final weeks. I am not the best at remembering my dreams. … Continue reading
The Lost Pedestrian 