Fixations

Recently, I've taken to reading under my portable clip on light before I sleep. It helps with insomnia and to ease turbulent thoughts. I realise I can't sleep if I don't read, no matter how tired I am. I realise that reading about depressed characters at night makes you empathise with them more deeply (Sylvia Plath - "The Bell Jar"). I realise I think more clearly at night and I think more.

Another sudden fixation: I can't stop hankering for the fluffy wholemeal prune buns from Five Loaves. Messily torn apart and sandwiched with cheese, it's strangely comforting and satisfying for both breakfast and lunch.