- What Would I Want? Sky. “LET us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent […]
- Just a Boy; Most Vivid Dreams within Dreams The sound of this little song by Angus (and Julia) Stone reminds me of Dane’s voice, as he’s on the other side of the world, living on a farm near the girl he loves. Good man. Unrelated to Dane, it also reminds me that I am not so much a sucker for men who play […]
- Percolating Dreams – Part 3 I would like to start a company made up of highly-networked writers. I do not yet know what I will call it, nor what structure it could take. But I think this is what we’ll be about: My Nameless Company’s Core Ideologies 1. Innovation in the use of the English word in every domain. 2. […]
- Percolating Dreams – Part Two I made 100 business cards two score and seven days ago that read:Fresh Green Writing / Freelance Writing and Editingwith my name and cellular phone and email laced along the bottom. I spent the thirty dollars on the little stack because I have it in my mind to start using my enjoyment of words in […]
- “He Calls Me To Be A Life Again” (for Rachel and her dreams) some re-discovered words from Buechner’s The Alphabet of Grace : Beneath the moonlit drifts of sheet, I turn in my sleep and draw up my knees…And with my knees drawn up, I dream I am sitting down. I am sitting on a stool at a bar, and my glass has […]
- Most Vivid Dreams – part 72 It’s time for yet another installment of Nelly talking about her vivid dreams. It is healthy and enjoyable to write down my dreams from night-time and allow folks to pontificate about their meaning. So, get ready all you Josephs and Daniels…and Danielas and Josephines! I was playing baseball at Yankee stadium. The place was packed, […]
- “Little girl, I say to you, get up” Last night I dreamt that I was in a European square near a riverfront. There were loads of people around and live musicians playing happy music. I was sitting down, looking bored, and just trying to blend into the scenery. All of a sudden, Arianna emerged, and she insisted that I get up and dance. […]
- Ajuda Me A few nights ago I dreamt that I was back at a cafe in Portugal, ordering pastries and coffee in the early evening. It was the first dream I’ve had in a long while where I was speaking Portuguese, not English. After ordering my milky galao, the sassy-pants barista demanded that I order an aperitif […]
- Most Vivid Dreams – Part 3 Last night I had another incredibly vivid dream. I’m sure part of it was born out of one of my classes at Fuller: Ministering to Street Children. I was in Italy, sitting on the second floor of an apartment that faced the street. It was a gloomy, rainy day, and I was looking out the […]
- [Extra]Ordinary Stairs I have a great deal to report, especially after a weekend of 24-7 prayer with the teens/pre-teens at my church. Tomorrow I will try to post some pictures from our wild little adolescent prayer room. But for now I’d like to turn to Zechariah, and to a vivid dream I had yesterday about stairs, worship, […]
- Most Vivid Dreams – Part 2 I am a little sick and have been sleeping a lot. More sleep makes for more dreams, I say. In this second edition of my dream recollections you’ll find Bingo, structure, golf, and my not knowing how to do things appropriately. Again, any interpretations welcome! (You can find Part 1 here: Most Vivid Dreams.) I […]
- Most Vivid Dreams – Part 1 I’ve been having the most extensive, vivid dreams. Last night my dream was replete with Europe, my murderous spirit, show-tunes, The Last Supper, and the Postal Service. (Enjoy the trip in to my psyche. Any interpretations welcome.) In my dream last night I was with some of my roommates from Portugal, a couple youth group […]