Lacunae

 Story Dream Notes -  2024               I’ve snuck into a neighbour’s house. It feels like I’m back in Lancashire and it’s a large 3 -level, victorian house. With completely different occupants to the ones I grew up next to. It’s an imaginary place really, with echoes of familiarity;  there is a missing wall so it's all open plan on all three levels. I'm on the top level, at the back where the kitchen was;  I'm watching the inhabitants sneakily from the top floor,  i think there is a TV and video and cushions on the floor, at some point, I decide to leave and show myself; I can’t remember why I was there and it feels awkward as I might get found out. I think I’m feeling sleepy.  I cannot find my shoes.  I make it to the ground floor and my ladder seems to be shrinking as I walk around it.  I am discovered by one of the young female neighbours, that I don’t recognise, and they are fine with me being there.  ...

Dream times. Aug ‘24 In both these dreams I find myself dreaming that I’m in my bed, which I am…    1. I’m lying in bed, with a William Morris duvet cover, I’m waking up, slowly, and see the window is wide open. My foot/feet are sticking out of the duvet to the left of the double bed. I move my left foot down by 45 degrees and see that there are 2 purple birds sat perched next to the bed at foot level. Previously obscured by my feet. They are a pair, they look identical. Like pigeons crossed with parakeets. I try not to make any distractions as they might fly away. But hear in the corner behind me something moving about. I think it might be a cat, I do not own one at the moment, but keep an eye on the birds instead. I look closely at the birds and see a small insect / flea moving across its face / head. They are real. I’m still aware of the rummaging noise in the corner. 2. I’m in a quarry, we’ve just been moved there from another place which seemed quite normal. In this sp...