
Guess what – it’s Retrograde time – again! What?
Do you feel like communication is getting totally messed up lately? You’re not alone! Mercury is in Retrograde. Continue reading Guess what – it’s Retrograde time – again! What?
Sailing on Dry Land – Audrey Weinberg
Lived an extraordinary life as a kid. My writing is creative non-fiction; any personal history is subjective at best and downright tales at worst.
Do you feel like communication is getting totally messed up lately? You’re not alone! Mercury is in Retrograde. Continue reading Guess what – it’s Retrograde time – again! What?
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Today is the day I resolve To be a cat. Soft and relaxed, Arching my back – slightly – … Continue reading Poem: Now I am a Cat
Today I met with a colleague of mine, who also is on sick leave, for burnout. Turns out, there are … Continue reading The difficulty of letting go…
She doesn’t give up, this girl.
Today, she had me horizontal,
On her pink yoga mat
On the carpet
In front of the TV,
Adriane telling her what to lift and when.
I liked the horizontal feeling,
Although it was harder than the bed.
I love bed.
Curling up on the memory foam mattress.
Quilt surrounding me.
Feeling him not too far away, his warmth,
His steady breathing.
I like it best when she lets me lie flat on the bed,
Her behind sinks in deeper,
Into the mattress.
Her head into the pillow.
I keep straight, well, as straight as I can
A line between neck and behind
But then he tells her,
“You’re snoring”
and she makes me turn on our side.
And after a while, I feel all crooked
More Artist than Mom and Wife “Honey, on your way back, would you mind picking up some food from the … Continue reading Painting Rembrandt as a Young Artist
Remember my picture from last week, about my inner rebel? Well, here it is again, but this time with a … Continue reading Golden egg of protection
Aren’t you busy enough, and doing your utmost to be productive at work and at home, without endless emails to push you over the edge? Continue reading Emailitis: The allergy that has no cure!
Do you dream? Of course you do! Some people remember their dreams, but others never do. A good way to remember your dreams, if you want to, is to keep a notebook next to your bed, and to write down anything that comes to mind BEFORE getting out of bed!
In this blog, I discuss two very similar dreams that I had – only a few weeks apart. But while the first shows the despair of being ‘lost’, the second has a more positive direction.
The first dream: Lost in the Highlands
The first dream happened a few weeks ago. I’d been reading Voyager, and so it was no surprise that my dream took place somewhere in Scotland. When I tweeted about my dream, @lidywilks suggested that “Lost in the Highlands” would make a great working title for a new novel. Since I’ve never been there, I guess I’ll have to leave that up to Diana Gabaldon for now!
In this dream, (not yet a novel), I was hiking in the countryside, in Scotland, on a beautiful green hilly path, when I realized that I could not find my way back to my husband and friends, seeing as I had no idea where I was and had only a part of a map. If you knew me, you’d understand how much that would drive me crazy. I like to know where I’m going. I know how to read maps, (yup, back from the boat days), and I hate to get lost.
In my non-dream life: Ultra stressed at work – spilling into home life as well
Like humans all over the work world, I too get super stressed when there are deadlines looming, and too much responsibility piling up on my shoulders. I’d been ‘promoted’ with more hours and more responsibility, but had yet to learn how to delegate tasks or ask for help. It wasn’t an easy time. Who likes to ask for directions when you’re lost?
The second dream: Fishing in the Highlands
Continue reading “Breakthrough: Dreaming my way to Loving my Life”