Dreams can be prickly reminders of events in your life. Mine are usually a hodge-podge of history mixed with mysterious features that don’t make a bit of sense. For instance, I have one dream that I haven’t yet graduated from…
The Burden Of Guilt
Have you noticed how some people just don’t seem to feel guilt? When you’re a child, guilt is pretty simplistic. It’s more along the lines of “step on a crack and break your mother’s back” as you skip along the…
Remembering Old Friends
Last night I was thinking about people who used to be in my life. How at one point they were so much a part of my life. And then suddenly life changed and I never saw them again. I’m sure…
What You Cannot See
Do you ever have dreams in which you are suddenly woken up and the remnants are still clear in your mind? They have not had time to fade, possibly, and the valid points of reference are still there in sharp…
A Book I’m Reading & Veterans With PTSD
It is so quiet. For once the ceiling fan is even silent. I do hear a bit of distant traffic, but it is muted. I sit here in the semi darkness not having a thing to do in front of…
Why Is There So Much Noise?
And the rain came pouring down again yesterday evening. Out of the bright sunshine came puffy bulbous clouds and then the downpour. I have learned lately that looking at the weather report online is not very accurate. It can say…
A Nonsensical Dream
Last night I had the most nonsensical dream. It featured a woman I’d maybe met once about 40 years ago. I only knew of her because my then husband was a college instructor at the same college as her husband….
When Pride Gets In The Way
I don’t think there’s anything more complicated than a human being. We are all wired differently, yet the workings of our brain go through the same channels. Our brain tells the rest of our body what to do through billions…
