Dreaming of Pens

I dreamt awhile back of Radiograph pens.  I’d never used them before, and when I woke up all I remembered was that I had purchased a few in my dream life.  It took me several weeks, but I finally purchased one (and later a set) in waking life.   I’ve been having so much [...]

Stalled Labor, Creatively Speaking

Last night I dreamed that I sent a story I wrote off to a contest, and while it didn’t place in the contest, it did receive positive feedback from two of the judges. One was a handwritten note, signed in a precise and sophisticated hand, and the other was a small inspirational card that looked as if it had been pinned to a bulletin board for a long time, with

work in progress, progress in work

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Two weeks ago I was scheduled to attend an art market, but my plans were thwarted by a minor emergency.  It’s quite true that, emergency or not,  my creative endeavors are often thwarted–by sick children or a busy husband or my own lack of energy–and that this has been a source of ongoing conflict in [...]

Barn Dream

The morning brings rain, and a magnetism to the warmth of the bed that is hard to overcome. The kids end up being late for school, which in my mind is better than being thrust into an already slow-starting day with harried preparations for school. I managed to even pack Renee and McKinley [...]