Category Archives: Dream Life

The Nap Angel

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Marisa

Over the course of my life, I’ve come to believe in a variety of task-specific angels.  The first one to develop was the parking angel, who my mom, my sister and I would entreat with varying levels of sincerity to … Continue reading →

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At the table with my insecurities

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Marisa

Last night, in the space between sleep and awake I had a moment of lucid imagination.  I saw myself walking into a room of women.  One woman had a stomach that stuck a good three feet out in front of … Continue reading →

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A particularly good Thursday

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Marisa

I woke up today feeling as if my dreams had infused my being with extra light and buoyancy. Writing the profile about Mrs. B had kept me up until 2 am, but it had been invigorating and enlivening instead of … Continue reading →

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Memories 6,000 miles away

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Marisa

Sitting in my car at midnight on Monday night, outside a Dunkin’ Donuts, on the side of the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia Airport, I started thinking about the summer I spent in Hawaii when I was ten.  I spent … Continue reading →

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Scrubbing Stoops

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Marisa

Saturday afternoon, as I was walking over to Scott’s apartment, so that he could finish restoring my computer back to it’s original state, I saw a woman scrubbing her stoop. She was wearing hot pink shorts and a tank top, … Continue reading →

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The muse

Posted on March 20, 2006 by Marisa

My mother is a poet who has been in the groove lately. For the last couple of weeks, there hasn’t been a day that has passed without a new email from her bearing the contents of a fresh poem. They’ve … Continue reading →

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Headaches and dreams

Posted on February 22, 2006 by Marisa

I went to bed last night with a headache, and when I woke up this morning, it was still with me. I stumbled into work, eyes blearier than usual for a meeting. My go-to headache remedy of caffeine and ibuprofen … Continue reading →

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A recent dream

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Marisa

Saturday night, I dreamt I met a man who was a French chef (he was actually a chef, from France, not just a chef of French food. Why I remember this distinction from the dream, I can not say). He … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of the relics of childhood

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Marisa

Last night I dreamt I was sitting on the floor of a thrift store, in front of a bookshelf. I was looking at children’s books, when I pulled out a manila pocket folder that was tucked in between the tattered … Continue reading →

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Time traveling on a Sunday night

Posted on October 24, 2005 by Marisa

There is an alley in Old City, between Church and Market, between 2nd and 3rd that is still paved with cobblestones. If you stand towards the end at night and squint your eyes so that the electric lights go fuzzy … Continue reading →

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