FIRST LET’S BE CLEAR. I LOVE MY MOTHER. I would challenge you to prove that you love your mother more than I love mine. You can’t do it. And by the way, just because you post on Facebook that your mother is the best in the world doesn’t mean she is. OK. She’s the best […]
Send Me Your Dreams: Justin Timberlake could save your marriage
A DREAM OF MARRIAGE offers a wide range of applications to the dreamer’s waking life. It could be speaking almost literallyabout the current state of the dreamer’s relationship with her spouse. On a metaphorical level, marriage in a dream can refer to commitment, or lack of it, to one’s self and one’s goals. Dear SMYD, […]
Think, Dream, Play: Multi-taskers beware!
IF NOTHING ELSE, THE RAIN MAN COULD FOCUS. Turns out, multi-tasking is a bust anyway. Research now shows that multi-taskers get less done, are crabbier and frequently irritate those around them. That was me back in the days of my employment. Or as we say in English, “That was I.” Now, in my leisure, I’m […]
Send Me Your Dreams: Dream warns: Disneyland is a bust
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO “ROAD DREAMS.” These dreams will show you the path you are on, the one ahead and behind you. Detours, crashes and U-turns offer directions or caution the dreamer to be conscious of what is going on around her. Today’s dreamer is on a head-strong journey and her dream provides some insight […]
Think, Dream, Play: Botox, pantyhose and the Fountain of Youth
I’M NOT SAYING I WANT TO BE IRRADIATED, but I’m just thinking. Maybe it’s not such a bad thing. At the very least, I foresee a call for human volunteers in the near future. See, the journal Oecologia is reporting that the forests around Chernobyl remain heavily contaminated with radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear […]
Send Me Your Dreams: On the wagon
RECOVERING ALCOHOLICS AND ADDICTS go through phases in their newfound sobriety. The state of sobriety comes over time as a process rather than a single act. It requires renewed commitment every day — sometimes every hour! It is expected that those going through this process will dream of their old circumstances in conflict with their […]
Think, Dream, Play: A black Lab’s golden years
WHEN I’M 91 I’LL PROBABLY LIE ON MY SIDE AND BARK AT THE SKY. Or the human equivalent of that — I’ll sit on the porch and sing, “We’re off to see the Wizard!” Our dog Beauregard is 91. He looks it. He has lumps and bumps where he should be smooth. He’s grizzled — […]
Send Me Your Dreams: Universal themes in our dreams
DEAR DREAMERS, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE International Association for the Study of Dreams will feature the leading researchers and practitioners in the “field of dreams.” If you attend, you may sit in a workshop with dream interpretation icon Patricia Garfield, Ph.D. She is co-founder of the IASD and most impressive in her wealth of […]
Think, Dream, Play: Turnabout’s fair play
I HAD AN INKLING. That tiny voice in my head said something like, “This guy is a ringer! Watch your step! Look out! Steer clear!” But I reined myself in — the guy looked like a Boy Scout! A 30-year-old Boy Scout. Really. He wore a khaki uniform. Khaki shirt and khaki pants. Creased. A […]
Send Me Your Dreams: Listen to the voice in your dream
IT’S COMMON FOR “SOMEONE” TO SPEAK TO YOU IN YOUR DREAMS. Let’s call that someone your Dreaming Self — that part of you that sees things from a wider perspective. That voice is frequently the one calling on you to trust yourself. Today’s dream offers a perfect example.