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The Tamworth Sleep Commandments
One of the most ostensible life changes that I have experienced in my short two weeks of rural living is what I affectionately nominate, The Tamworth Sleep Commandments.
Here are the stipulations of this New World Order:
- Thou shalt rise by 6 am.
- Thou shalt be Bright Eyed and Bushy-Tailed by 7 am.
- Thou shalt be prepared to receive phone calls to your landline by 7 am.
- Thou shalt not whine, complain, bitch, moan, or any active verb of the sort.
- Thou shalt not discuss how much coffee one has consumed in order to become Bright of Eye and Bushy of Tail.
- Honor thy lunch hour, lest thy neighbor become cranky of disposition.
- Henceforth, 4 pm is “quitting time.”
- All the children shall be in bed by 9 pm
- All the citizens shall be dreaming by 9:30 pm.
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The Tamworth Sleep Commandments cannot be denied, and are slowly breaking me of my “City Girl” habits. I was up and running this morning at 6:30 am, and have made a ritual of sitting in the hay barn, facing east, as the sun comes up after I’ve “done the rounds” of checking on all the buildings and fields.
Written by robin on 07/14/2009 in AITA Original | Blog | Philosophy | The Farm
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