The Afternoon Dip
The Two Fifteen Wall
There is a specific minute in the afternoon when my eyelids get heavy and my thoughts turn to soup. I have started paying attention to what that minute actually feels like.
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Author · Rosalind Achebe
Rosalind Achebe writes about how energy rises and falls across an ordinary day. She is interested in what the body actually notices at seven in the morning and at three in the afternoon, and in describing those hours plainly rather than prescribing anything about them.
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