ABC QLD Recurring death dream
“Three nights in a row this week I dreamed I died in a car accident, and I was frantically trying to contact my husband to discuss the funeral arrangements,” said Gail, one of the callers to my dream interpretation segment on Stacey Katter’s afternoon show today on Radio ABC QLD. What does it mean? “It’s symbolic,” I assured Gail, “so you’re perfectly safe to drive your car.” Dreams of death often come up when something
What goes round comes round
If you want to understand the meaning of life, or see the mysteries of the universe revealed before your eyes, go to your local supermarket. Yesterday’s trip to our local Woolworths to buy some bread and fish – yes, how biblical – reminded me how stunningly the universe is revealed in the apparently mundane. “To see a world in a grain of sand,” wrote William Blake in 1794. I saw the world in a grain
Ant of the Round Table
While having lunch outdoors, I noticed an ant walking around the rim of the round table. Round, and round, and round, and round it walked in a neverending circle. Why do you think it did this? Was this a good thing, or a bad thing? It got me thinking, that little ant. What do you think of ants? Industrious? Altruistic, working for the common good of their community? Capable of carrying huge burdens? Undermining? Destructive? Irritating?
Radio 2GB: Bare bottom and high heels
Just off air from interpreting dreams on Glenn Wheeler’s show on Radio 2GB, where one of the callers, Kerry, asked about her shoe dreams: Kerry had three shoe dreams. In the first she walked down stairs, unsteady in her shoes, and onto grass at the bottom. In the second a 4-5 year old boy tottered about wearing red high heels but no pants. In the third, Kerry saw a table covered in shoes, none suitable,
Dreamtime Tea time
It all started with a cup of tea. Well, that was the idea, anyway. I was trying to wake myself up to make a cup of tea to bring back to bed but my dreaming mind was brewing something a little more exotic than mundane black breakfast tea. In dreamtime I padded down the hall in my dressing gown, boiled the kettle, opened the blinds and pondered the dewy garden. Everything was exactly as it
Extracting wisdom
I’ve just had a tooth extracted, a back molar. It was a big deal: my first extraction since childhood. I know dentistry has come a long way in the last 40-50 years, but painful memories can loom large. “But you’re so calm and cool for root canal, drilling and filling,” said my dentist. “Why so anxious this time?” “Childhood memories run deep,” I said. “Turn up the gas.” I have my plier-wielding, childhood dentist to
Watch your feet
“Just watch where you’re walking when you come home,” Kit said, “the dog does her business all over the lawn, so watch your feet.” We’re looking after Kit’s dog and house while she’s on holiday for a few weeks. Much as we love living in the city, we’re enjoying the opportunity to live closer to the sea, and working so much online, we can do this easily. If you’ve listened to the last two podcasts,
Are we there yet?
“Are we there yet?” It’s the third time five year old junior in the back seat of your car has asked the same question. You only left home ten minutes ago and with 150k still to go that’s another umpteen times you’re going to field the same question. Try telling him life’s not about the destination; it’s about the journey. In fact, try telling that to yourself too. “Are we there yet?” is a common
TV: The Morning Show, Oct 09
Every month I’m on Seven’s nationally broadcast ‘The Morning Show’, with Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies, interpreting dreams. Here’s October’s segment (2015: Video no longer available). You’ll see the dreamers on video clips, describing their dreams. They include the woman who has dreamed, for 40 years, of being driven over a cliff, and the woman who dreams she’s on a train and can’t get off. Then there’s the gorgeous man who met the love of his life