A start

I come from humble beginnings.

My materal grandfather was a farmer. My paternal grandfather owned a bath house, but years of story telling by my grandmother had him a soldier before coming to America.

Quotes

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

Charlie Chaplin
British actor, director, & screenwriter (1889 - 1977)

Quotes

If we're growing,
we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

~ John Maxwell

Catch it before it flies away

A dream that is. A wish fulfillment dream, I'll call it.

Amsterdam, Capobianco, good friends, a wonderful outdoor/indoor cafe, with lockers. Freedom to be myself, no judgment, the possibility of a 5 year pension, a house on a straat, not a canal, slender figure, admiration of acquaintances, & some revealing clothing.

It started to rain cancelling my plans, but Capobianco reappeared and I suspect we went off together.

Then I awoke, gleeful as a girl.

Loss in Dreams

I was away, abroad and upon my return I was worried that everything would be intact. I couldn't find my apartment, 5D, in a vast side by side sprawl of apartments. I came upon what I thought was 5D but it was 5P.

I had too many things to carry, typical, and although M was with me, too much to bring upstairs.

5D kept eluding me. We found a floor manager, a strange thought, and he took my key to open the door.

He seemed to disappear, too, and we went downstairs to bring up the balance of my possessions.

We found another elevator bank.

M and I seem to be separated.

I got into the elevator with three other people--two women and a man. Strange behavior of the couple. I was still shell shocked, humbled by my loss, or separation, and suddenly before we reached the fifth floor, I realized I had probably lost my laptop.

Dream ended.

Dreams

About G; more about Marc (Worcester) and friends and acquaintances w/H.

Quote this one

“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened," says Dr. Seuss