RE: A 4:30 AM confession

I don't usually get up that early, but there have been
times............those nights when you just can't settle down. Rather than
toss and turn I get up and do something or watch TV til I fall asleep. I do
like that time of the morning. Everything is so quiet and still. Of course
then I find it almost impossible to get out of bed when it's really time
to. 

On the other hand, there are nights I end up asleep at 10:00 pm and it's
STILL not enough sleep. I've never been what I would call a late sleeper,
always up by 6 or 7, but sometimes an afternoon nap is called for. 

I've heard the older you get the less sleep you need, I don't find that to
be the case...........with me at least. 

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: Garden Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 8/16/2005 3:27:38 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] A 4:30 AM confession
>
> I'm another male who's up at 4:30 no matter what. Done it all my life, 
> I think. When I was 7 or 8, I used to wake up to listen to the morning 
> farm report on the radio. After the farm report, Louis Bromfield 
> [author of "The Rain Came"] had a 5 minute essay-type show about his 
> Arkansas farm and the things he was doing to make it more 
> productive--like planting deep-rooted legumes to break up the clay.
>
> Those farm programs are gone now. No point, I guess, in telling a 
> corporation about the inherent evils of a mold-board plow or 
> single-cropping or--much more recently--GMOs.
>
> Anyway, I still get up at 4:30, turn the light on in the bathroom, and 
> look in the mirror to be certain I see a reflection. And, because I'm 
> always about 30 years younger in my dreams than I am on my clock, the 
> reflection clears all the morning cobwebs and sets me straight. My 
> daily reality check.
>
> Meantime, as I told Ms. Fatma this morning, I think I'm beginning to 
> become speckled.
>
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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