Bring On Lemons

Dream Your Way to a Great Short Story! I’ve enjoyed sleeping for as long as I can remember. My mom may tell a different story about childhood naps and early bedtimes, but as far as I am concerned sleep is a very necessary and enjoyable activity. I sleep, therefore I dream and in recent years I’ve incorporated my dreams into my journal. Journaling my dreams has provided me with fabulous material for short stories and blog posts and has also given me ideas on how to enhance my writing to make it more vivid and exciting for the reader. I’ve suggested dream journaling to those who have self diagnosed themselves with ‘writers block’. I personally have found that dream journaling is a great way to stop those recurring dreams or those that end too soon. Recurring dreams and those that end in the middle seem to have one thing in common – something needs attention or closure. I’ve found that by writing down what I remember about the dream and then adding the unfinished details I can...

I had a boss that talked about sweat equity - where the money you put toward a project or your business isn't nearly as important as the work events and determination that you put into it. Here is what I have to say about that:

Poetry is one of those things that do not come naturally to me, so I'm pushing myself to do more of it. It brought me great joy when I was younger, so I'm keeping an open mind. Here's my first attempt. Please feel free to share your thoughts and ideas. Mourning Dance There is a time when the stars retreat And the dawn has not yet come, And the world is still, quiet, and peaceful, And the coffee starts to brew, And the birds begin to chirp and sing I forget reality. Please dreams, stay a little bit longer? Keep reality at bay, In my dreams you are ever near me, We hold one another tight And make promises we’ll never break We don’t want our dreams to end. No! I will not let this slip away, Don’t dance with angels above. I need you right here, right now, always And in my dream, you’re still here.