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Lake Effect

(Wednesday, January 3, 2024) three-quarter moon Libra / tarot Strength

A dream influenced by the tsunami warning in Japan, I think.

I live in a house on a bay, one that reminds me of the small harbor along the town of Isle on Lake Mille Lacs. It is a seventies-style two-story house with living spaces on the upper floor and a two-car garage beneath it, on the main floor, facing the lake. A tuck-under garage, I guess, although it is not underground. Space for boats and cars.

Cheerful friends and family share our house. They are interacting and having a good time together. I am full of fear, though, because there has been a warning of high-level waves coming toward the shore. I am terrified that the tsunami will crash and destroy our home. Kill us. Construction workers are outdoors, getting ready and protecting the house. Not enough for me, since they add no plywood to the windows and doors as they would for a hurricane. The window screens are open and I close them. I watch the handymen connect and seal the garage door to the driveway with a piece of aluminum. Snowball has been enjoying moving in and out of the house, so I put him inside of a bedroom and close the door.

It is dusk, nighttime is coming. The storm will arrive in the darkness. I do not understand why my companions are unworried about the drama and roar of the wild current that is predicted and on its way. I consider fleeing into the woods and coaxing my friends to join me.

There is more to the dream that I no longer remember. It is full of emotion. Terror. Although it may turn out that I am wrong about the danger. I don’t know.

Day notes:

One year there was a very powerful spring storm at our Mille Lacs cabin. The waves actually rose above the shore and hit the front porch, damaging the 1909 log siding.

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1/3/23 Canoeing and the Cabin

I don’t know if these are two separate dreams, but I put them together.

I am canoeing on a large lake. I start to go back to where I canoed from. I pass another boat. I talk to the guy in the boat. He tells me about a cabin for sale that is located in the other direction. I turn the canoe around and paddle in that direction eager to see the cabin.

I am in a small cabin. It belongs to a sister who I am with (not waking life sister). The cabin is very cozy. There is a small group of guys and girls in their 20’s who want to stay at the cabin. They keep pestering us. And we keep saying no.

Last scene: The group are settling into the basement bedroom which is a good size. One person is getting a crib ready for breastfeeding my baby. I tell him I will not be breastfeeding my baby in the crib, but will be holding the baby outside of the crib. Initially, I did not trust them. Now, however, I start to when they are settling into the basement.

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1/3/23 Art Class

I am in art class with one other guy. He is around 30 years old. I may be that age as well. Our woman teacher is middle aged. She brings a photo of a family of 4. It is soft focused. She has the guy and I put white paint on the canvas and asks what we think. It is too contrasty for the soft photo. I say this. I then suggest we bring our own photos to use. I picture one that I have in my head. She likes the idea ok.

The next class the teacher doesn’t show up. She has a garage sale and is busy. I am in the classroom. I am nude. I grab a blanket and wrap it around me. I go to tell the other guy that the teacher is not there. I see Paul and the guy in bed. They are also nude and just talking. I sit on the side of the bed and tell them about the teacher. We are all very comfortable.

Susanne: It’s an art to be at ease when you are naked. In the second dream, I make a full turn. I’m back where I started: nurturing a baby outside the crib: not my own child (physically or mentally) but still welcome. The bed in both dreams is a place of love, comfort and warmth.

Christian: A teacher tells us who we are, what to do, but when the teacher is gone, we are exposed as the actual self we are.

Svitlana: In my dream of yours, as I am holding and feeding my baby, I am also growing close to people who were distant before. Is the baby bringing me close to the world at large?

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