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Alison Trules's avatar

Psychoanalysis time ??? Your dream does have optimism in it and congratulations for keeping the word count down for those of us with a short attention span.

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Eric Trules's avatar

Toooo late to START psychoanalysis. I MAY not be here another 4-7 years. Besides, the nightmares, which I think Dad had & u have, seem to come with the Family & the Tribe.

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Virginia Morris's avatar

Dear Eric,

The dream with M…. and Obama felt cinematic and easy to watch: sorry you’ve been having nightmares!! The reality is that the two wars (in Gaza and in Ukraine) and others (are people still fighting in both Yemen and in the Sudan?) are disturbing everyone’s psyche in the whole world. Not to mention blowing up living beings,of all kinds, and think we human beings need to practice kindness, everywhere, in order to stop the killing and restore everyone’s peace of mind. Thanks for taking the time to write! and agree that shorter is better, at least for now til the collective finds its way to making peace.

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Eric Trules's avatar

Thanks for “watching” my dream, Virginia. Missed you. I guess my 3000 word posts were toooo much. Oy.

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Virginia Morris's avatar

No , not because they were too long but was finishing up teaching( small class high school playwrights) so no bandwidth for extra reading. Like your sense of humor moving through your days and Surya’s practical side guiding you!! Love Santa Fe so please keep filling us in. (Your P.O.V. on how things fit together in this world important!)

v.

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Eric Trules's avatar

Not sure if I ever thank you for this second comment, Virginia. In that case, thank you.

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Eric Trules's avatar

Flattery, praise, appreciation, and just your reading my damn stuff, will get you everywhere, Virginia. Thanks.

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Ted Dorff's avatar

“ stop what has now has become”

You asked for typos. Do I get a prize?

I’ll likely be in town on the 25 of Aug, but I get anxiety at parties. May you have many more years of dreams and substack posts.

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Eric Trules's avatar

U get “The First Typo-Caught Award”, which will be given out on August 25th at Paradiso. Anxiety will not be not necessary; you just have to sit there and listen to my Stories, which I promise will sound different than your having read them before here on the stack. Plus There will be an award-winning memoirist guest from LA, and… maybe even some music. Jazzzz. , baby!

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Ted Dorff's avatar

How can I refuse such an honor?

I rarely remember my dreams, but once about 10 years ago I woke giggling and could remember the dialog word for word. So I wrote it down in an hour and published it as a children’s book. Nobody cares, but I figured there must be a reason. Thanks for sharing yours.

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Eric Trules's avatar

Peppermints & Innocence!!!

All the best,

Trules

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