I’ve been waking these days somewhere between 3 and 4am. It seems that all this menopausal body can sleep right now is about 5 or 6 hours. I stay in bed and rest – not one for getting up to read. I figure that if I’m at least resting my body... 
A week ago this morning, at 1:30 am, a huge limb from our ancient coast live oak tree (they say it could be anywhere from 150-300 years old) fell on our house, kicking off a chain of events that nearly completely took over my psyche. This tree is 8 feet in diameter,... 