American Donuts in Italy
My mom and sisters and I are running a long race in Italy and the local bakery is giving away free…
The Key to My New Job
It is the first day at my new job. At the end of the day my coworker gives me a key…
Honeydew Melon filled with Pasta Sauce for Lunch (Copy)
I am in a strange kitchen with my mom and she is making my daughter’s lunch for camp but she is doing a terrible job…
Dream Fragments
Short dreams and dream fragments can be just as powerful (if not more so!) than longer narrative dreams. Even a fragment can contain many symbolic elements and layers of meaning and can be a condensed version of a longer dream. Here are some examples of short dreams or dream fragments I’ve recorded over the past couple years.
The Spider Man
There is a picture of Caroline and her husband and I see that she is no longer beautiful and looks old with gray hair…
The Dizzy Woman
I wake up in the morning and start brushing my teeth. My husband is insistent that he needs to show me a surprise and it can’t wait…
The Re-Tiled Bathroom Surprise
I wake up in the morning and start brushing my teeth. My husband is insistent that he needs to show me a surprise and it can’t wait…
Subbing for myTherapist/Hairdresser (Copy)
I am in a dorm/apartment building and my hairdresser has to leave for a trip…
Deep Meditation
I am floating in a lake, my arms are above my head and I feel a kick board. I hold onto it and start zooming around the lake…
Recruited for the Secret Spy Team
I walk into a large stone building with strange hidden stairwells, hallways and rooms…
On the edge between exhilaration and loss of control
He goes faster and faster around the curve and I remember that he loves driving fast around curves—this is like his hobby…
Drowning in the Ocean, Surfacing in a Swimming Pool
I am in a dark little cabin below deck on a big, wooden, old-fashioned ship with my friend, another White woman…
Falling asleep at the party
I am at a neighborhood holiday party and I don’t really know anyone then suddenly I am waking up alone…
Panic at the elevator
I go to a fancy hotel for dinner with my husband and some other woman…
The Ent Woman and Climate Collapse
…She speaks for the trees and seems to have special knowledge of what they need. I consider that maybe she is part tree and that is why she is so tall…
Missing Mary Magdalen
I am in a small chapel at a special Catholic mass where the ghost of Mary Magdalen is going to be giving the homily...