Feeding the Baby

Last night I dreamed that I was in an African country. It was very foreign. And we were going downtown, trying to find a Bank of America, with a crowd of tourists. The tourists were frightened of the people and worried someone would rob them. But the tour guide pointed out that we looked so alien to them that they could barely see us.  Photo by  Francisco Anzola  via Flickr Creative Commons Then we went to visit a rich household. They had a beautiful open air house. It was a hot muggy day and on one side of the house was a huge blue swimming pool that spread out into a lagoon. Image:  Lee Coursey  via Creative Commons  I wanted to swim in that pool very much. It was so clean and inviting. Instead we went inside the house and there was a milky blue swimming pool in the living room. The hosts gave us some inflatable toys and we got in the pool but it was so crowded, murky, hot and dark. Yuck.  I wanted to be in the pool outsi...

By David De Hetre from Lawrence, KS, USA, United States (gray bird Uploaded by Snowmanradio) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Last night I had the best dream . I met this African Grey Parrot. She was frightening to me at first, because I know they can bite hard, but as I got to know her I realized she was just this sweet friendly kind parrot so I let her ride on my shoulder. She was the best companion, just talking to me and really alert to everything going on around the house. If we found some interesting food she would really want a taste so I would give her little nibbles. Yes it was all fun and games. I was stroking her feathers and then ruffling them back and she loved that too. But we went into one of the back bedrooms and there on the bed sort of tucked in like she was sleeping was the little green parrot I owned back in Palm Desert. That Parrot had a name that I can't remember but I do remember that the e...

Then that night I had a  dream .  I had finally graduated from high school (at 58 that was a little embarrassing) there was a celebration for all us graduates, we were going by train to Disneyland. I boarded the train and had many adventures and difficulties. Tired at last I snuggled on a bed with a woman who sang me soul songs. But when I asked her to sing me Chain of Fools she got miffed. 

Last night I dreamt I lived in a beautiful old house with some friends. As I came home at night I could see through the lit windows a crowd of people, mostly men, around a long wooden bar. They were drinking and happy in my house. But I wanted to be alone so I went to each of them and gently told them, "it's closing, time to go." And kindly, softly moved them out the door. There was one old rummy passed out and though I shook him and called, he wouldn't wake up. Two of the more ambulatory inebriates came to my aid and grabbing his ankles and under his arms they toted him out the door. weegee, man sleeping in bar, 1940s When everyone was gone, I wandered around the house locking doors. They were a quiet crowd and well behaved, but I didn't really want to come home each night to a crowd of drinkers in my living room. I argued with myself about this since they all seemed so nice, but really even very nice people who drink too much can rob you. I was afraid...