Rain and hail

It poured all night and now it's hailing. It's garbage day/recycle day, and I think I will just hold on to the wad of cardboard I've been dying to get rid of rather than attempting to somehow wrap it up, putting it out, and having it turn to mush. Or chasing the recycle guy down the street with it. Man, I'm betting he really doesn't care for his job on days like today.


When he touched the wall, it collapsed in to reveal a cavernous room beyond, with vaulted brick ceilings and a rosette stained glass window at the far end letting in light. My friend slid down the rubble, kind of like  a big slide since the floor was twenty feet down, and at the bottom he found all these dwarf fruit trees in half-barrel pots. He brought me up a pear. I (somehow) got down to the bottom and started going through the strange things there. Lots of stationery and cards along the edges, as if the place had been some sort of shop, and we found a handwritten record that we presumed to be of the previous owner's death, in the mid-eighties. I found it somewhat of a relief because I took it as a sign my friend owned the space free and clear if the previous owner was dead.

My friend is also a full-time writer...not sure if that has anything to do with anything.
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Published on November 09, 2011 05:44
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message 1: by Teagan (new)

Teagan Have you ever looked your dreams up in a dream dictionary? I love doing that, but I rarely remember my dreams so I don't get to do it too often.

I like this site: http://www.dreammoods.com/

"To dream that you find or discover a new room suggests that you are developing new strengths and taking on new roles."

"To see a pear tree in your dream represents new opportunities."


message 2: by Jordan (new)

Jordan Price Oh, how fun! Thank you!

I thought I read somewhere that dreaming of your home was symbolic of your consciousness, so finding new rooms would mean exploring hidden parts. That kind of sounds like the "new strengths" interpretation somewhat, too.

Surprising about that pear tree. And my friend giving that pear to me. (He's a much more traditionally successful author than I am.)


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