Waking too early. listening to light rain bouncing off the roof drains, I reach for my phone. Too early to play my word game- the new one isn’t up as yet. The other games don’t interest me right now.
My phone shows me the ebooks I have partially read. Which one to start again, to put me back to sleep, perhaps?
Do I want to follow that penurious artist in the French countryside village who has returned to his room at the inn, having been discharged from the hospital after cutting off his own ear in a mental frenzy? Sounds like Van Gogh’s story.
Or do I want to get on the motorcycle of a rider in Italy who doesn’t know how to control his vehicle in busy streets? Or perhaps visit the writers trapped with a murderer on a small, privately owned Greek island?
I opt to write instead about waking early and wanting to get back to sleep with a book in a different scenario. Decide on a motorcycle ride in Italy? Not very sleep inducing, but it suits my present mood.
Wish me luck. How do you get back to sleep?
