I’m “vacationing” from my virtual life this week. Where I live, this is the last week of vacation before the school year begins, and I’m being visited by granddaughters. By the end of this week, I’ll have seen four of my five, and spent considerable time with two of them. With those two, it’s serious… Continue reading The fear and psychedelia of “vacationing”
Tag: dreams
This writer is looking forward
Looking back at my life during the past year, I can see losses and gains, but I can’t yet judge the long-term effects. Every year at this time, psychics make predictions for the coming year. I have no such gift. I can only make resolutions, affirming to myself and all, my intent for the future.
Scene shifting
I’m still a little dizzy after seeing the movie Inception yesterday. I tried hard to keep each thread of the story straight, but ended up in a tangle. To me, dreams within dreams within dreams … was more confusing than time travel. (Or maybe I was just too distracted by how much Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks… Continue reading Scene shifting
In the Depths of Despair
The long, dark days of winter are hard on my mood, and the weather has been mostly gloom here. To add to that, I've been spending my time with a broken-hearted man, who doesn't know yet that he will escape his present darkness. This man is my protagonist Jalal. While I'm writing his scenes, I… Continue reading In the Depths of Despair