tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post8955385307954589898..comments2023-11-10T00:56:30.857-08:00Comments on Existential Neighborhood: The Little Nutty PieceJane Dunnewoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16254943030333257172noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post-9779654634006078292012-12-30T08:45:02.887-08:002012-12-30T08:45:02.887-08:00Ok maybe it is cheating but audiobooks totally do ...Ok maybe it is cheating but audiobooks totally do it for me. I put on a familiar audiobook (head phones from my iPhone) that I have heard in pieces a bunch of times before and I am almost always asleep before I know it. (set the timer to 30 minutes so the audio does not compromise your sleep) My favorite book for this is Timothy Ferris' "Seeing in the Dark" which is a book about astronomy. It is episodic and thoughtful and a wonderful book, so it bears repeating!<br />Occasionally the book will keep me awake, but I figure those are the nights when I've had too much caffein. 3:00 am seems to be the time for me as well . . . hmmmsunspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06531314478860755377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post-36292946697490985062011-09-26T07:52:06.076-07:002011-09-26T07:52:06.076-07:00I was wide awake with you Jane, only like Louise, ...I was wide awake with you Jane, only like Louise, it was just after 3 AM here in central time. Remembered to try the breathing, and it helped a little, but also made a note that an afternoon nap or meditation or green tea might need to replace afternoon coffee. I also found remembering to close the blinds helped me go back to sleep. I've been wanting to get back to being more productive in the studio, but I need to take time to make order, to make new tools, and finish helping my mom with my father's estate. Some of the sleepless worry time is how to get it all done or where to start. Any of those seemingly endless tasks could become a near permanent roadblock or excuse not to create on a daily basis, so I'm trying to think of my days like school, where each task gets focus for at least an hour or two a day, and eventually it all gets done. Worrying never helps anything anyway, but here are excerpts from a prayer that can help: "Lord it is night...What has been done is done, what is not done is left undone. Let it be...The night is quiet. Let the quietness of your peace enforld us...The night heralds the dawn. Let us look expectantly to a new day, new joys, new possibilities." Amen to that. EnidEnid Adamshttp://www.craftguild.org/enidadamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post-62756902272660364262011-08-25T06:38:18.717-07:002011-08-25T06:38:18.717-07:00My middle of the night wake-up time is 3:13 a.m. ...My middle of the night wake-up time is 3:13 a.m. I wonder if those are signficant numbers for me? At least tonight when I wake up I can worry about something else, "what did they throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?." But I definately won't be ironing, more likely working in my studio on some art cloth. Perhaps we should form a middle of the night online art cloth group.<br /><br />Louise BatemanLouise Batemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post-3878826317101766232011-08-24T07:12:08.209-07:002011-08-24T07:12:08.209-07:00When I was a teenager I suffered from terrible ins...When I was a teenager I suffered from terrible insomnia. I saw a yoga show on PBS and the teacher talked about breathing deep to relax and she also said you can tell your body to relax. I would breath and starting at my toes would tell the parts of my body to relax until they did. I never made it to my head before I fell asleep. I don't usually have trouble getting to sleep anymore but if I am stressed and can't fall I always go to the tried & true.<br />DianeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post-75243443031784378682011-08-23T15:27:25.275-07:002011-08-23T15:27:25.275-07:00Billy Joel, Cooper Line, ironing - you all gave me...Billy Joel, Cooper Line, ironing - you all gave me a giggle. A song on a loop drives me nuts. My tai chi teacher says visualizing the moves puts her back to sleep. Tried that; didn't work. I'll try ironing next time. Who knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post-62342797775144465062011-08-20T18:26:42.713-07:002011-08-20T18:26:42.713-07:00My sister in law hates ironing.
When she wakes up ...My sister in law hates ironing.<br />When she wakes up at night she thinks 'if I am still awake in five minutes I will get up and do the ironing' it works, she hasn't done the ironing yet!Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post-4506948132549842762011-08-20T12:27:07.634-07:002011-08-20T12:27:07.634-07:00OMG. Last night mine was the lyrics to "Coppe...OMG. Last night mine was the lyrics to "Copper Line" One time I saw my daddy dance<br />Watched him moving like a man in a trance<br />He brought it back from the war in france<br />Down onto copperline.<br />Good to know I am in good company!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095809082494749979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120593322934217357.post-40895745466212781582011-08-20T11:59:04.067-07:002011-08-20T11:59:04.067-07:00I remember clearly when that song was popular, I k...I remember clearly when that song was popular, I knew every word, and everyone speculated about what she threw off the bridge. The popular opinion was that it was a baby. I still am not sure of that.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02394032721409971284noreply@blogger.com