On Violence, Real and Threatened

<![CDATA[I like waking up early. It has a bit to do with living suddenly and unexpectedly in Central time, while my clients are largely on Eastern time at the moment. It also has something to do with the fact that I’m not a night owl. So when I wake up and see that it is 6 a.m. here, I know it is 7 a.m. there, and I open my eyes and pull it together. I’ve been living in hotels lately, so I have to set alarms and so forth. Not just for sleep, but for tasks. I learned a long time ago, as a touring singer, that hotel living can be a bit like Groundhog Day. So alarms are a big part of the equation.]]>