Phantom sounds:
I believe I have mentioned that I am occasionally awakened in the wee hours by a doorbell ringing, and sometimes a telephone. The rings are always singular, so I lay there waiting to see if a second one will come. They don't unless it's the real thing, which only once since I have been here has happened.
This morning, I was awakened by the sound of a chainsaw...the kind a yardman might use to trim shrubbery. It was brief...maybe five seconds...and then it stopped.
My first thought was that my yardman, who has promised to stop by next week, might have had a cancellation and started this morning. But when I checked the clock, it was 7 a.m. And it did not start up again.
Whatever "this" is, I need it to stop.
