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The Sleep You Thought You'd Finally Earned
The mattress kept the shape of a sleeping man long after he stopped sleeping well in it. On retirement, restlessness, and learning to share a bed with a changed schedule.
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The Weight He Put Back on the Shelf
He reached for the 35, the way he always reached for the 35, and then his hand stopped about two inches short and just hung there in the cold air of the rack. T...
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What My Body Finally Taught Me About Learning to Nap Without Guilt
My grandmother napped in her shoes, twenty minutes by a tomato timer, while the beans ticked on the stove. It took me forty years and a missed subway stop to understand.
