Who Says it’s a New Year?
There’s Not Just One New Year’s Day Who says Jan. 1 is the start of the New Year? I’m no historian, but as far as I can make out Jan. 1 was chosen more or …
Tracking a Lifetime in the Pages of a Dream Journal
Unfortunately, my first dream was not recorded at the time it occurred. And there’s a good reason for that: I was 4 years old when I had it, and I didn’t know how to write …
The Gift of Dreams*
In response to #TheDailyPost’s writing prompt: “Bedtime Stories,” I’m sharing (again) a post about the book I received as a pre-teen, and which had a profound influence on my life as a dreamer! I hope …
Morning Light
Just as my mother began to slip into the morass of forgetfulness and confusion that we later learned was Alzheimer’s Disease, she wrote the following paragraphs, which I saved along with her other computer files …
Long Time Gone (& back again)
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a chance to post here. Those of you who know me know there’s been a lot going on in my waking life (almost as much as in …
Crazy Good: Dreaming of Mom
I had a crazy dream the other night. I dreamed my mother called me on the phone and we were laughing and talking. Which might not sound so strange to you. After all, people dream …
Birthday Dreams: A gift to me–and you
Each year on my birthday eve I incubate a dream to offer me guidance and wisdom for the coming year. Today I woke with several dreams including this one: I wonder what I could or should be …
Intake: What a Sleep Study Reveals about How Medicine (de)Values Dreams
In last week’s episode … um, I mean post … Click here to read the 1st post in this ongoing series about my upcoming sleep study in which I hope to find out, among other …
But isn’t all that dreaming exhausting? We’ll soon find out.
An abundant dream harvest When I mention how many dreams I remember each morning (3-5 is not unusual and my dream reports can run up to 2,000 words) people often ask me if all that …
A Lucid Lesson in Self-Love
After trying for over a week to have a lucid dream, I finally succeeded… Typically I have a lucid dream once or twice a month without trying. But this time it wasn’t quite that easy–or simple. But it was enlightening.