The portion of my sanity which is in some way affiliated with having had enough sleep has been granted a temporary reprieve. Thanks to Mom, who came over Friday morning and played with Katherine so that I could sleep AND who brought supper. We ate better and survived. Thanks to Heather, Bob, Jean and Eleanor…
Category: personal
The amazing insomniac lawyer gives up sleeping for Lent
Actually, since last Lent. We’re well beyond 40 days now. For the past year or so, John has only slept in three-hour spates. Sometimes he sits bolt upright in a panic, fearing being late for work or forgetting something. Sometimes he wakes up and raises himself slowly to loom over me so that he could…
Fallow
Over the past few weeks I’ve been doing markedly less of the studio hands-on portion of my job and a great deal more of the paperwork, proposals and organisation aspect. This is normally not the part of my job that I prefer, but recently I’ve been taking a rather strange pleasure in it. Most artists…
oh the pain.
After burning the entire inside of your your mouth, your tongue and your lips rather badly and finally managing to get the agony to subside enough to finish some portion your lunch (but not before inadvertently whacking yourself on the head three times with two cupboard doors and a chair), the very last thing you…
The knitting diet
I’m working on my forth pair of socks since New Year’s and have lost 13 pounds. Yes, friends, there is a correlation. I discovered that one of the things that results in my eating too much is wanting something to do with my hands that isn’t work-work in the evening. Popcorn helps, but it’s still…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 