May8

come fly (and glide) with me.

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before i went to sleep

i was working out transportation details

involving getting to the airport 

for an upcoming trip.

as i slept

my brain was continuing to work on the solution

luckily, my dream showed me exactly what to do:

i decided to just take a snowmobile 

 drive it right to the airport

but alas

i had left a bit too late

so i drove it my daughter’s friends’ house

which must have been verrrrrrrrry close to the airport

parked it in their front yard 

 quickly 

jumped off

made my way to the plane and took off 

upon my return 

i went to their house 

 snowmobile had been moved

 they were hosting a lively party outside

 drinks and bbq and games and music

everyone in shorts, chatty and happy

when i saw them, i asked about it

 they’d moved it to the side yard 

 having no idea whose it was

why it was parked there

i’d been in such a hurry i didn’t leave a note 

people at the party were asking about it too

explained that i came on my snowmobile

to go the airport, of course

 i got on it and headed home

thinking my solution had been quite simple, really.

when i woke up i remembered all of the details: 

yet

as the morning unfolded

i found a less action-packed solution

while taking a snowmoblle

would have been fun transport

it might be a challenge because it is spring

 it’s a bit of a distance

plus

i’m not sure it would be welcome on the tarmac

so close to that friend’s front yard.

—

‘making the simple complicated is commonplace;

making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.’

-charles mingus

 

*Charles Mingus (1922-1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats, such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Max Roach.

—

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  2. awh – all the highly intelligent, sensible stuff we dream! but also, HH, in his sleep last night, figured that he had a teams meeting at 9am for which he had asked his coworkers 2 wks ago to draft their thoughts and that he HAD to have something to present and discuss in said meeting.
    upon getting up early in the morning, he checked his mails if he hadn’t forgotten to ask (he hadn’t), he contacted the main character to ask why he hadn’t received the info, to be told, no, nothing was done on their side because – same as in HH’s case – the workload was simply too big to handle yet another demand…. ‘dreams’ can bother us, but they can also be really fun!

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