Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Arthur Hailey it t he human body is one of the most efficient machines Ever and i believe that when one wakes up its for a purpose either to go to the bathroom or to go to when its still dark i sometimes get up and pad Over to my office that May be 6 in the morn if Ive had a late night it May be i work for half to three quarters of an usually office then i go Back to the main i do 5bxcanadian air Force exercise Sand have done for almost 20 i like to get them done by about three minutes to which gives me time to get in the Shower and soap myself before the lbs 8 Oclock i have Extension speakers in my since theres been a water shortage Ive fallen into the habit of having what is known As a Navy i cant hear the radio too Well while the showers running so i manage to soap myself and then listen to the first bit of the i rinse As soon As a commercial comes then i step out of the Shower and i can hear the rest of the news while i usually in dressed and shaved by about to then i go out and get the morning papers the new York the Wall Street the previous nights Nassau Tribune and that mornings Nassau i read sometimes on the and a Glass of Orange juice is brought to me ahead of my blood pres sure is controlled by pills that i take three times a Day and the Orange juice has the required amount of Potas then a very Light i dont have but Ter in my diet at i do enjoy fish for and i usually have an egg a Cou ple of times a some times grape nuts Cereal and one slice of Toast with a Little my wife Sheila joins me for in usually Over in Ray dramatization of Arthur novel is being televised thu where he a Wurte for Eato Beanm from Garden and study by 9 Oclock or a few minutes by which time the morning mail has i skim through that and see what there and then usually get Down to i work through the my study is isolated from the rest of the its very quiet but often i do like a Little music in the Back ground Schumann Sona tas or my sometimes during the mid dle of the morning ill feel like a break and ill either walk around the Garden or go Down and get on the or go in and have a Chat with Sheila if Shes lunch is usually at about 10 minutes to ill go Over and sit with Sheila or read the newspapers for we have sometimes out of doors chefs salad or quiche Lor i normally dont have wine at lunch two or three times a week if the weather is Good we have lunch on our it has a Little some times ill take work with me and do it i take a clipboard with me and rough out a paragraph and then come Back and put it on the when my body tells me in tired and which i am maybe about or 3 in the i simply stretch out on the settee in the study and sleep 10 to 15 then i Wake up and put cold water on my face and feel refreshed and go Back to at 4 Oclock Sheila and i always have a cup of Tea that one of the few English habits weve retained across the that 10 or 15 and we then i go Back and normally work until just at the because in within a couple of months of finishing a Book and Ive promised Doubleday that 11 deliver a manuscript by the end of in doing extra in going to 6 and going Back in the eve which is not we usually hear the radio news at again the lbs if its a Fine Day we sometimes watch television news from then we have and for Sheila and me that the High Point of our Day we often put a great emphasis on Sheila and i love it and we get very Good fish of i sometimes catch it and we go very easily on the red meats that Are High in fats and we do not eat desserts we Are very keen on fresh in our Garden we have our own bananas or we May have an and that about we eat very Well but we do eat lightly and dinner lasts about an then we sit in the living room and either talk or sometimes we have a dinner weve be come very interested in using a bet Amax unit that records television for example on the United states television Treyve carried the British series which is also Anna Karenina is being broadcast so we had All of those we really dont watch variety or musicals or talk shows or anything like but that of course is the evenings were at i want you to get that our life is locked into that particular formula because one of the Joys of being free is that we can go anywhere we we do travel a great of our Days Are varied usually a Combina Tion of Holiday and so that Ray there Are routine but not All that next week Sandra Post 19 weekend May ;