― Avery Sawyer, Notes to Self
Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive,
leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the bed with her
like a child with schoolbooks and pencils.
The day seems to have no order until these times,
which are like a ledger for her, her body full of stories and situations.
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Victorian illustration from 1893 showing a young Victorian lady pouring a cup of milk before bedtime. Free to download for use in mixed-media collage, journaling, and various papercrafts projects or simply print and frame as wall art. You can find the high-res 8" x 10" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.
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