The theme last night was conflict. And though conflict may at times be violent, it doesn't have to be. It is a clash of ideologies. Violence is a struggle to force your beliefs onto another. And so there were many conflicts last night ( Read more... )

I'm frequently hiking in Vermont these days, surrounded by vast and beautiful wilderness. There was an old stone fortress atop a hill, a remnant of 1812. I stopped in a small town, much like Calais at the general store and watched some fascinating creatures. Bees and spiders that mimic flower petals ( Read more... )

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Will the coming week feature encounters with drunken judges, passive-aggressive spies, semi-repressed cat people, and codependent enablers? Perhaps. I’m not sure. But I can state more authoritatively that you will have to deal with at least some of those characters in your dreams. And that means there may be aspects of ( Read more... )

Thank you Jim, wherever you are for giving me nightmares about Illithids and portraits ( Read more... )

Been up since 3am, got a nap from 5:30 to 6:00. My mind just roamed and wandered. I was so very awake though. I made a cup of mint tea and pondered my artificial languages. I woke up with words that needed to be explained. And so I did so, out loud. It felt good, but I wanted to return to sleep ( Read more... )

Full moon waning, hanging bright in the sky ( Read more... )

another dream ( Read more... )

One long continuous dream last night tying in the events that led up to a High School performance of Don Juan. I was, of course, the masked Don Juan. Also everyone was wearing the odd mix of secondhand clothing from the theatre closet. Nonnewaug was there in the dream world, with its large agricultural facilities. The performance was going ( Read more... )

Last night I had a very beautiful dream. Snowflakes were falling. We could manifest them in the shapes of our imagination. First small shapes and as we began to realize what was happening larger ones. Our joy unfolded at the simple realization that paradise had finally come to Earth. There were no more boundaries, no more closed doors. All ( Read more... )

I don't feel guilty about what happened last night, though I am apologetic to my body. It's telling me now what my heart already knew. It was a social experiment, which yielded expected results. I'm not sure how dependent the outcome was upon my prior view, but I think I went into the situation hopeful ( Read more... )