Trying to imagine fat, fuzzy white lambs, jumping one by one over a fence, is a well-known remedy for sleeplessness. When I used to try this, I would insert a dapper black sheep with a red bow tie now ...

Fall asleep? Good luck. The prospect that sheep could bore you into a peaceful slumber isn’t impossible, but studies suggest the folk technique is far from the best way to catch some shuteye. For a ...

The High Holy Day liturgy offers images of God as the counter, writer and source of all inspiration. When I had trouble falling asleep as a child, my parents would tell me to count sheep. It didn’t ...

In today’s world we have lots of sleep aides like Tempur-Pedic beds and, uh, Ambien. But if you’re still using the bore-yourself-to-sleep method, some bad news is coming down the pike: Counting sheep ...

You don’t do this in your sleep. No, this kind of sheep counting will be done upright and awake, by wide-eyed, intrepid volunteers scattered about the sweeping San Gabriel Mountains, equipped with pen ...

When I say "counting sheep," I mean conjuring little sheep in my mind and watching them jump over a fence with a serene pastoral backdrop. Allow me to be super specific here. When I say that I’m ...