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November 19, 2025 (Gregorian calendar/Day 322)
Wednesday, 10 Hidar 2018 (Ethiopian calendar/3rd month)
Būl (Bul) לב 27 (Enochian calendar/8th month/Rain for crops)
November 15, 2025 (International Fixed calendar)
Overtone Moon 5, Alpha 5 (13 Moon calendar/New Moon)
~ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, November 15th – December 12th
Reed Moon: October 28 – November 23 (Celtic 13 Month calendar/12th month)
Day 29, 8th lunation at 1-0%, 6012 (lunisolar calendar/Sabbath Day)
13.0.13.1.16 1 Cib 14 Keh (Mayan Long Count calendar)
International Men’s Day, World Toilet Day

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Once, men and women did not sleep as we do now. The notion of “eight hours straight” was foreign. In the Middle Ages, the night unfolded in two distinct breaths: the first sleep and the second sleep.

As the sun dipped below the horizon and the sky turned to dark velvet, people would retire early, surrendering to the hush of night. After four or five hours, their eyes would open—not from anxiety or disruption, but from rhythm. This pause in the night was a quiet, secret world.

By candlelight, they prayed, leafed through worn books, or sipped spiced wine. Some crossed the street to knock on a neighbor’s door, while others lingered in the kitchen, telling stories to their children, hands wrapped around warm cups. It was the heart of the night, and yet life moved gently—intimate, unhurried, profound.

When the invisible clock of darkness signaled, they returned to bed. The second sleep carried them to dawn, when the rooster’s crow marked the beginning of the day.

For centuries, this was the rhythm of rest—recorded in diaries, stories, even medical manuals. But the 19th century arrived with street lamps, factories, and the clamor of urban life. The middle hours of the night lost their enchantment, and people began to sleep “all in one go.”

By the 20th century, the memory of segmented sleep had faded. What was once a natural rhythm became misunderstood. Today, we might call it insomnia.

Then… it was simply the most human way to live in harmony with the night.

~ copied from wimkin

My son and I do segmented or broken sleep most nights. During the winter it helps keep the wood stove going and the house warm, especially on those bitter cold nights. During the summer, going for a midnight swim feels really good on a hot night.

For those that don’t know, the wood stove is our only source of heat. Back in the winter of 2017/2018 I bought a wood stove, primarily for backup because I was having trouble with the electric furnace – it was old. Then, on the same day we had the wood stove installed – in January – the furnace went up for good.

Considering I had just bought the wood stove, I couldn’t afford to replace the furnace. So the wood stove became our only source of heat. I do have a couple of space heaters, but I try not to use them.

Soon, I will be replacing the furnace since I have paid off the wood stove, there’s just some things I want to take care of before I bite that bullet. Once I do replace the furnace, I will be strapped for a couple of years, meaning I won’t really be able to afford any extras, barring emergencies, which is why I want to do some things around here before then.

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