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Dream Snippets An old woman walks naked through a house and into a bedroom. Her large breasts sag to her waist. An old man is in bed. He laughs and says, "I'll just need two long boys to take care of this". Although there is sexual innuendo the transaction seems utterly benign. I have two sisters. I am sitting in the dirt, flanked by them and feeling the surprise and love of recently remembering that I have two sisters similar in age to me. A family procession sweeps by (is it a wedding). They are all men. I feel buoyed by my sisters' love. Julia Roberts is dancing, at the start of her career. She looks plain as she dances, with obvious discomfort and awkwardness. Then I see her off stage and she is playing with the music, dancing, having fun and her famous smile spreads wide across her face. Wake. I usually judge these non-eventful dreams, taking them to be barometers of my mind, my psyche and even my soul. Often chiding myself for a preoccupation with the
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I am showing a man around my house (maybe it's my brother). My house is spacious and lovely. We stop in front of a large, beautiful cut stone fireplace and the man (my brother?) leans in closely to see several hand drawn cards displayed on the mantelpiece. The cards are "I'm sorry" cards, that Shane and I have drawn. There is a little tear drop character pictured in a variety of ways, all with the intent of apology. As I look at the drawings, I am surprised to notice that Shane's are artistically better than mine. His are simple, emotional and clear. Mine seem a bit over done. The man(my brother) picks up one card and the image falls off to reveal a photo of myself and Shane or my ex...I can't really tell, the image seems to fluctuate in my memory... the photo slides off revealing a two sided postcard sized object. On one side there are lots of expensive, coordinating fabric and texture samples for redecorating in hues of brown, on the other side the