Dream – 2019-10-07

Build large wooden boat, square rig Launch and outfit Sail out on maiden voyage and run into storm Feel like we are taking on water, turn towards a harbor, straight downwind. Sails and mast groan. Go below and look while dad stays at helm See water streaming in from...

Dream – 2019-09-28

My dad, some other people, and I were on a trans-Atlantic crossing in the 48 foot sailboat the Betty Ann, a boat we’ve sailed many times before.  We were out in the middle of the Atlantic when some huge waves appeared on the horizon. As the waves got closer...

Starter Bread Experiment – April 14, 2019

Starter Bread Ingredients Timeline Day Before Day before woke up starter, fed twice 2018-04-13 – 2:00 PM Mix ingredients Stretch and fold Short rest Add salt that I forgot Stretch and fold 2018-04-13 – 2:20 PM Cover and rest 2018-04-13 – 4:10 PM Stretch and fold #3 Form ball...

Dream – Night of 2019-03-12

Me and my brother are in some sort of fairgrounds / village / castle / cliffs We find these flying machines we can use and start flying around this map, going in and out of gullies, up to the tops of waterfalls, etc We find another place that rents...

Dream – Night of 2018-10-22

In an old house with my mother and father I’m playing around with new painting software on the computer I realize the software can paint whatever I’m thinking As I touch the stylus pen to the screen, the part of the image that I’m thinking appears I create a...

Dream – Night of 2018-10-15

Running down a road to go do laps a the park I normally run at in the mornings Foggy out and I think how it would make a good photograph the way the fog is flowing through the trees I keep running down the trail and start to get...

List of Writing Prompts

All my years of doing jigsaw puzzles had led me to this moment. It’s too bad trees grow so slow You’re going to think I’m crazy, but I need to tell you the story of when I died. A waitress at an airport bar carefully scrutinizes everyone’s ID  she...

Maime’s Sugar Cookies

1 C Sugar 1/2 C Soft Butter 1/2 C Sour Cream 1 1 /2 tsp Vanilla Optional 1 tsp lemon juice and/or zest 1 Egg 2 1/2 C Flour 1 tsp Baking Powder 1/2 tsp Baking Soda 1/2 tsp Salt Blend sugar and butter Add and mix in sour...

Dream – Night of 08-19-2018

I was driving through a city and a huge storm rolled in.  There were tornadoes dropping down everywhere.  I pulled my car over to the side of the road, opened up my trunk where all the camera gear was, and grabbed a camera. I ran up the street to...

Dream – Night of 2018-08-15

Dylan is walking down a crowded road with his family, it is nighttime. They are on their way to the ferry terminal in a large European town They’re trying to get on the largest, and last, ferry along with everyone else around them People are panicked and confused, but...