Friday, May 20, 2011

Cure for a Stiff Neck

Lately I have been suffering from a very stiff neck. I don't know why, maybe I'm spending too much time hunched over my computer, or it's stress from thinking I have to carry the weight of the world on my shoulders, or maybe I need a better pillow or to do more yoga or . . . well who knows what it's caused by.

One of the best remedies I've tried is the neck wrap by Bucky that you heat in the microwave. It's filled with buckwheat hulls and the warmth of the wrap immediately penetrates and soothes my tired, stiff neck. It's nothing short of heavenly.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Sleep Poems

Thought it would be fun to look for poems by famous poets on the topic of sleep. Here's one I especially liked.

A long, long sleep, a famous sleep
That makes no show for morn
By stretch of limb or stir of lid,
An independent one.

Was ever idleness like this?
Upon a bank of stone
To bask the centuries away
Nor once look up for noon?

Emily Dickinson