Feeding the Baby

Photo by D. Michael Know Knew Books, October 2009 Last night in a " dream " I found a bookstore where they were holding a steam punk convention. Everyone was dressed in beautiful velvets, brocades, and lace standing in between the book shelves chatting about fantasy and science fiction, my favorite genre reading materials. They were having fun, but I wanted to look at the books.  There were so many books! I was browsing and finding classics, old favorites, ones I had never known all piled and stuffed into these shelves. I pulled out a beautifully bound book with embossed print and elaborate papers. A man in a wheel chair came up to me and said, there is a plate on the front page and a doobie in the back. I flipped to the back of the book and sure enough there was a half smoked doobie pressed between the back cover and last page. Quite a bargain.

First, my back is much better. I spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the floor but this morning it paid off! I feel great. Last night I had so many marvelous  dreams  but the best one was the Tiger. I was walking down the street when I saw up ahead a rather mangy looking lion and an old toothless tiger.  I thought, "they seem tame and no one is freaking out but I don't want to walk by them they might bite me."  So I ducked into a Vietnamese restaurant and walked up to the bar and asked if I get get a glass of wine.  "Sure!" they said.  So I sat down on a bar stool and put my purse down and waited for the pour. It was generous and I was starting to feel comfortable when I felt a heavy weight on my shoulders. It was the tiger! The tiger had come up from behind and put his front paws around my neck in a hug.  It was so comfortable. The hug was heavy but not oppressive and the weight and fur were warm and soft. I could feel the...