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, …
Dreamers in the S’News: Happy Birthday Walt!
“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.” –Walt Disney, born Dec. 5, 1901 I love this quote for so …
Joyful Dreaming
In ordinary dreaming people describe anxiety and fear among the most common emotions experienced. But in lucid dreams, one often achieves states of bliss, joy, and delight seemingly unattainable in wake life.
‘In My Own Little Corner’
http://youtu.be/0hmCnOPYxVQ
Julie Andrews sings about the power of daydreaming in Cinderella (1957).