In my ongoing quest to solve my years-long struggle with insomnia, this week I started using CBD* oil. For two nights now, it has provided a marked improvement in the depth and length of my sleep. CBD oil was recommended to me a couple of times and, most recently, by fellow blogger Lael-Heart. She used […]
Restless sleep has been a problem for me for a number of years. It has interfered with my ability to function well at work or to complete normal household tasks efficiently. That feeling of having missed a couple of hours of sleep and not being able to concentrate for very long seems to have become […]
Two unusual things happened today. The first is that when I woke up I realized I had had a good night’s sleep, and the second is that I suddenly got a lot more followers on Twitter. I don’t think those two things are related. The Twitter Followers The reason I got new followers surprised me. […]
There are lots of things that happen to your mind and body as you age; some of them you expect and some you don’t. This is about a couple of things I didn’t expect; long earlobes and insomnia. 1. Long Earlobes The older I get, the longer my earlobes get. They are not ugly, not […]
A couple of days ago I was visiting at a home in a tree-lined street in Edmonton, Alberta. When I woke up at about 2:00 AM, as I often do, I could hear a bird singing. It didn’t just chirp then shut up. It warbled for at least two hours; that’s when I fell back […]
I’ve read every article I have found on this topic, and I’ve heard every cure imaginable, but I still have insomnia. Most nights I sleep in two four-hour shifts, with two hours in between when I can chat with Australians online. If the planets align, and if I don’t have one too many glasses of […]
Snowbird of Paradise 