Thursday, January 26, 2012

weekend favorite, the sound of times past


finished watching 'twin peaks', 'midnight in paris'

Notes on these viewing experiences to follow. The January Project is taking most of my time, as well it should, but I have stopped long enough to view the entire Twin Peaks television series, and to have a look at Midnight in Paris.

Once February begins, I'll no longer have an excuse-- my household will be in maintenance mode, reading and media viewing will be at a minimum, and I'll be full spead ahead with my book writing (and updating my blogs as I do so).

Onward!

b

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Sunday, January 1, 2012

good morning, 2012

Dream journal, here I come again. I pulled out an old blank dream journal to use at my bedside, even though I haven't been a dedicated dream recorder for several years.

Actually, this particular blank book did have two days worth of dream entries in it-- from 2001. More about that later.

That is not to say I haven't recorded dreams since then, but I've been only sporadic about it, and largely negligent for the last three or four years.

My dreams lately have been unusually strange and melancholy and puzzling and funny, starring diverse events and personages: old employers giving me advice, deceased cats coming to life and leaping into the air, ailing authors surrounded by strings of lights, watching the planets line up in the night sky, and applying for a marketing job for the late Apple CEO.

Curiouser and curiouser.

How can I continue to ignore these night adventures when they're so obviously clamoring for attention? Maybe I can even conjure up a lucid dream or two; wouldn't that be something.

I wonder if my having watched three episodes of Twin Peaks tonight will send my mind in new old directions? Nineteen eighty-nine, baby! Ouch!

Happy new year. There's no place like home, even though Utah was spectacular.

b

Saturday, December 31, 2011

with hope and determination

Here is my heartfelt wish for 2012 to be a positive year. Prayers for us all.

the last bath of 2011

My new towel warmer is wonderful. Few things are as welcome as a good soak after a long day of driving, in this case, a drive from St. George, Utah to home (as in, There's No Place Like).

There probably isn't much I can add to the discussion except to say I am cautiously optimistic about 2012 even while being more than a little chagrined at how quickly 2011 flew by and how many goals I still have to reach.

I'll write more before the new year rolls around.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

christmas eve and all is quiet...

...and I'm dreaming of the Doctor Who Christmas Special, a show I hope to download and see very soon. Last year's was wonderful-- I watched it on my then-new iPad several times.

I read this year's show has a theme near to my heart: "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe".

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

b

PS I miss you, Mama.