Tales from the back of the eyelids

Philip Ludikar was born in 1961. Since then he has spent about one-third of the time asleep. At present he is, in general, sleeping well but invariably feels terrible in the morning and is never quite right until the afternoon. Alcohol or coffee before going to bed disturbs his sleep. He has fought for many years (for the most part successfully) against the habit of drinking coffee and now, especially after waking up in the morning, usually drinks tea, almost always with milk, but never with sugar. When he turned forty he broke a long-held resolve and no longer resists his body´s calling to take forty-winks after lunch. He is normally fully awake between five in the afternoon and eight in the evening.