I've been sitting out by my little garden in the early mornings, drinking strong black coffee and writing by hand. This is a departure from my typical morning routine - roll out of bed, grab my phone, read the latest horrifying news, and feel hopeless.

Instead I've been enjoying the progress of the pea vines as their little tendrils magically find ( Read more... )

Dad had given me an hour. After that, he was going to come back and kill me. I wasn't sure why he didn't just kill me then -- it was kind of like one of those bad movies where the villain talks on and on and on about how he's going to kill the hero, giving the hero enough time to wiggle his hands out of the ropes and smack the villain down. Anyway ( Read more... )

Dream the first: Hosie and I were asleep in our bed. Suddenly, I became aware of a looming presence. I opened my eyes and M's dad was standing over the bed. He said "Hi there! I just wanted to come in and hang out with you lovely ladies." I was freaked. I tried to yell "Get out!" but my voice was just a whisper. And I couldn't wake Hosie up. I kept ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamed I was in a play with Kate.  I had no idea what my lines were (this is a recurring ( Read more... )

I was part of a close-knit family, and I had several younger siblings. We were all going out, but for some reason we were leaving the two youngest at home by themselves. I didn't think that was a good idea since they were only 2 and 3 years old, and I had a bad feeling about it. I kept dragging my feet about going. Just as we were getting ready to ( Read more... )

I was supposed to meet Barbara at the movies. It was an outdoor Imax type theater in an amusement park. She was sitting at the far right, I was sitting at the far left. I could see her across the rows of people, but for some reason we weren't meeting till after the movie.

There were quite a few empty spaces scattered throughout the theater. At one ( Read more... )