Do Your Dream in Color? (or Let’s Banish the Myth of the B&W Dream–CV)
Do you dream in color? I’m always slightly taken aback by this question. Doesn’t everybody dream in color? Why I wonder does this question get asked so often? Not only do I dream in color—but …
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr. (Dreamers in the S’News)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., born Jan. 15, 1929 Recently I had a dream … about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was sitting on a tour bus (actually it was a living room sofa, …
Grateful Dreamers Sleep Better
Saying thank you for a good night’s sleep Image via Wikipedia According to researchers in a 2009 study conducted at the School of Psychology in Manchester, England, daytime personality traits such as neuroticism, anxiety, anger, …
Dreamwork Professional, Heal Thyself (Or, how I learned to take my own advice)
Creating a Sleep Sanctuary On a recent visit home, my adult daughter walked into my bedroom and exclaimed that enough was enough! She declared that the blankets on my bed, a mish mash of hand-me-downs …
How A Nightmare of A Trip Became A Lesson in Love
I am trying to get to Santa Fe, New Mexico to visit my friend A. who has cancer. But first I need to go to the very tip of Long Island to celebrate with my …
Me & My Zeo: (Or, How my bedroom became a sleep lab)
My friend DNMNK recently lent me his Zeo for a few weeks. The Zeo is a nifty device that looks like a digital alarm clock with a removable headband. You wear the headband to sleep …
Dreamers in the S’News: Madam CJ Walker
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove on Dec. 23, 1867. The daughter of slaves, she became the first black millionaire by building a beauty empire for people …
The Longest Night of the Year is the Best Night for Dreaming (CV — Seasonal)
The Solstice (12/22/11 this year) marks the longest night of the year … but it doesn’t have to be the loneliest. What if on this dark night, you could dream with over 500 other people …
Lonely – Together (CV)
What is the antidote to loneliness? No, the answer to loneliness doesn’t involve going to a party, hopping onto Facebook or taking a trip to the mall. The antidote to loneliness is solitude. Solitude is …
Ode to Fallen Trees: The Dream as Lorax (CV)
“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.” ― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax I was walking home along a city bike path recently, …