The long, bright days of summer give my days a kind of high-intensity fever pitch. Since I was a little girl, I’ve had trouble sleeping this time of year, too.
While it’s always nice to have a lot of energy, sometimes too much is, well, too much.
Sitting down and turning inward happens best on gray days. Living in Prague provided a perfect setting. With its moody skies and cold weather, writing was as natural as breathing.
So what to do in the sunny South?
We’re having rain at last; the grass is recovering and those rainy days are good for writing.
On the sunny days? There’s nothing wrong with drawing the shades.
[...] night I lay in bed for two hours, unable to sleep (Sunshine Madness), and in my mind, ran through the article and raced to the end of the short [...]