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Category Archives: Dream Life
Dreams
Some mornings, I come to consciousness with the dreams from my sleeping hours still swirling thick around my head. Other mornings, remnants of my dreams are completely absent, as if I spent my sleep sitting cross-legged, clearing my brain and … Continue reading
Web Producer/Farm Wife
I woke up late and under-motivated today. Instead of charging through my work day resistance (I picture myself as football player, jumping through a paper banner and out onto the field) and leaping into the shower, I found myself wandering … Continue reading
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Longing for Portland
I woke up this morning to grey skies and drizzling rain, with wisps of a dream still tangled in my hair. In my sleep, I was back in Portland, during my high school years. It was a tour of my … Continue reading
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Precarious train tracks and butter pecan ice cream
I went to bed last night with one of those headaches that prevents you from doing anything other than lay quietly in a darkened room and pray for unconsciousness. It started coming on towards the end of my class and … Continue reading
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An imagined visit with past and future selves
Sometimes I wish that I could send myself, the Marisa I am now, back in time a few years to talk to the me I was back then. I would give myself a little reassurance that things would be okay. … Continue reading
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Sleep, dreams and houses that birth cars
For the last few weeks, my sleep has been uneven and uncomfortable. I would wake up nearly every night, sometime just before dawn, trying to shake the remnants of an unsettling dream. This is unusual for me as I’ve always … Continue reading
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Dreaming of desert islands (and not in a good way)
I woke up this morning from a dream in which I was stranded on an island*, far away from home, with no way of contacting anyone I loved and let them know that I was still alive. This is the … Continue reading
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A little more local media attention
I came home yesterday evening to an email in my inbox that was drastically different from the ones I normally receive. It was from a producer at the local ABC affiliate here in Philly, telling me that they really like … Continue reading
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18 months of dating in 120 minutes
I got up this morning at 6:30 am, after only about six hours of sleep, to pick my friend Seth up and take him to the airport. I’ve mostly worked off the karmic debt I accrued by forgetting him a … Continue reading
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Possessed while waking
During the time my ex-boyfriend and I were together, he was a grad student. His classes were during the late morning and early afternoon, and he would often work late into the night and sleep until the last possible second … Continue reading
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