Posted on December 31st, 2011 by clarinette
Each year there is one Christmas card that stands out from the other cards on my desk. It is the one sent by my English friend. Every year along with her greeting card, she includes a one-page summary of the highlights of her life during the past year: “I got married, our baby is now [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2011 by clarinette
It’s hopeless. Once again there is no way I can fall asleep. I turn in my bed and look at the clock. It is 2:00 am. I decide to get up and do something. There is no use in staying in bed. I make myself a camomile tea. Camomile is supposed to sooth and help [...]
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Posted on December 17th, 2011 by clarinette
Time looses its meaning when you repeat the exact same things in a one year interval, and it seems like yesterday. It’s again mid-December and I have to go to the east of France to meet the “big boss”, the same person as last year. It seems that he only has time for me once [...]
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Posted on December 13th, 2011 by clarinette
I knew something was wrong when I started to go to sleep around midnight with no effort. It was too good to be true. Since my teenage years, I have been struggling with insomnia. It is as if every night I need to sort my whole problems, and the problems of others, once I go [...]
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