RECURRING DREAMS CAN BE THE MOST UPSETTING OF ALL DREAMS. We almost always wake from them confused and frustrated. Why do I keep having this dream?! The good news is that recurring dreams’ link to waking life is one of the clearest.

I HAVE ATTAINED the Javier Bardem stage of hair growth. Unfortunately, I do not refer to Javier Bardem as the animally magnetic Felipe in “Eat, Pray, Love;” the one you want to languish over apricots with under the Tuscan sun. No. It’s Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in “No Country for Old Men.” You remember […]

PAY ATTENTION TO LEVELS AND DIRECTIONS IN YOUR DREAMS. These will offer clues to your current status and the route your dream suggests for you.

IN MY IMAGINARY LIFE WHEN I ENCOUNTER JON HAMM in a crowd outside say, the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, I just smile and give him a coy little wave. You know, the kind where you duck your head and waggle your fingers. He waves back. Smiling of course. Glad that at least some of […]

LOOK FOR REVERSALS OR CONTRADICTORY ELEMENTS IN YOUR DREAMS. They will show you the crux of the decision you are bound to make. Today’s dreamer asks, “Should I stay or should I go?”

WE CLEANED OUT THE DESK OF BYRON FARQUHAR TODAY. Byron Farquhar, man of mystery. You can learn a lot about a person from the contents of his desk. As might be expected, in that beautiful burl wood roll-top, we found office supplies — multiple boxes of American Standard staples (no stapler, by the way), paper […]

OUR DREAMS OFFER MULTIPLE LAYERS OF MEANING. Most of what they present comes in the form of metaphor, but we have countless examples of their predictive capacity as well. Today’s dreamer may take advice from the literal and figurative interpretations of her dream.

I TRIED TO FORGE MY HUSBAND’S SIGNATURE TODAY. But my life of crime was cut short, since replicating a smashed mosquito proved more than I could manage. The best I could do was a ball of twine. Too easily detectible by the signature police. My spouse is one of those “what you see is what […]

WHENEVER A DREAM SEEMS TO “JUST BE ABOUT” SOMETHING YOU ALREADY KNOW, LOOK AGAIN. Careful attention will reveal the next step or a different perspective on what you might first think is a simple rehash of the day’s events. Today’s dreamer shares such an example.

SPENDING THE WEEK IN HOUSTON. TEXAS. Yeah, on purpose. I know. I know. Maybe you’ve heard that it’s hot in Houston. It is. Humid in the morning. Sultry at noon. By 4PM, broiling. Evenings settle into a steady oppression. It’s nice. This morning’s wake up temp is the same as today’s high in Northern California. […]