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Sunday Sleep Medicine

Published July 28, 2019

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

Sleepy cement Indian statue with heavy eyelids outside school on outskirts of Meredosia, Illinois.
Sleepy the Cement Indian. Spotted outside a school on the outskirts of Meredosia, IL, where I crossed the Illinois River with the mules. This heavy eye lid look is what happens when you don’t get enough sleep. Or maybe it’s just the high school art department’s paint job…

Howdy Pilgrim. Feeling sorta sleepy this Sunday morning? Don’t sweat it.

Here’s some ancient Indian advice. Crawl back in to your tent bed and get some more nods. That’s what I do. Nobody’s looking. It’ll do you good and you’ll thank me when your super-charged self climbs back out in to the day.

Here’s what you’ll look like then.

Wide awake cement Indian statue outside Meredosia, Illinois after a good night's sleep.
That’s more like it. See how Mr Cement Indian looks like when he sleeps ’til noon? Powerful medicine. Give it a try. (Meredosia, IL)

As for me, it’s 4:15 AM. I’m saddling the mules and we’re heading toward Broken Bow. Really.

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