If you’re lost, unable to find your way home, or looking for directions to take you to where you want to be, you need a map. Imagine an old-fashioned paper map, one you can unfold or roll out to examine…
Twenty years ago, I read Geraldine Brooks’ book, Year of Wonders, an international bestselling fiction based on the true story of an English village, Eyam, in Derbyshire, that went into voluntary lockdown in 1666, to stop the spread of the…
Waiting for a train, I glanced up at the station clock. It was a beautiful, antique, analogue clock, its hands set at 7.30. I glanced away and noticed another clock, a little further away. It was showing a completely different…
Director Jane Campion, who wrote the screenplay for the 2021 film, The Power of the Dog, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, and Benedict Cumberbatch who starred in the film as a 1920s cowboy oozing a…
According to a recent survey, the top Google search for dream symbols is ‘dreams about dogs’. Why do we dream about dogs, and what do these dreams mean? Before we go there, according to Google’s February-March 2022 report on my…
You may be feeling insecure or uncertain about the future of your relationship, and this anxiety is manifesting in the form of a dream. If you’ve been having these types of dreams, it may be a sign that you need…
In a recent dream, in a fairy-tale setting, I knelt at a fireplace in an open courtyard, gently tending the clay tablets etched with exquisite symbols that I was baking in the flames. At least, that’s how the scene would…
Have you ever had dreams about snakes? Have you ever thought if it’S good to dream about snakes? Well, you’re not alone. Dreams about snakes are one of the most common and intriguing types of dreams people have. These dreams…
“Can you write a blog about dreaming of being raped?” asked Laurie, after she awoke from a shocking rape dream. Laurie is a regular client, and since all dreams are unique and deeply personal, she knew there was more to…
Have you ever had dreams about flies? Flies are more common during warmer weather, and they help our ecology by providing food for other animals and eliminating waste such as dirt. They play an essential role in the food chain…