dreaming Archives - Christina Irene

Wet Wood Fire

30 Oct

Last weekend, Amica and I traveled to a friend’s hunting camp in Pennsylvania’s Moshannon State Forest. During the day, I took him and his dog to a little winery I love: Elk Mountain Winery. We ordered our tasting and chose...
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Weathering Your Epic Storm … on a Ship

3 Aug

Of late I’ve heard myself calling the coronavirus pandemic the tempest. That is, the storm. And images have come to me about riding out a storm in a great ship. Of course I realized I was thinking of Noah’s ark....
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Get Out of the Gallery and Into the Studio

9 May

I caught myself today. It was a pretty hefty moment of realizing I’m stuck in a pattern that is exacerbating depressive thoughts. You know I love my memories. Going back and reliving my favorites is one of my coping mechanisms....
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What’s with the Bison, Christina?

6 Feb

I have a thing for bison. They represent to me the peace I feel in my favorite place … or at least was able to feel during my first two visits, October 2003 and September 2004. Now, even in October,...
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8 Ideas to Amplify Healing

13 Sep

I finally turned a corner towards improvement again, and this time without steroids. As I tapered off my course of prednisone, the pain of my herniated disc became worse every day. Things I’d started to get back were lost again,...
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Start, Drive, and Be Done

19 Jun

I’m still visiting my friends in San Dimas, California. One of the little things I do to try to be a good guest is wash dishes. My girl made a killer risotto Milanese last night, which, in addition to the...
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a chapter from the book I’m working on

30 Aug

I can attribute a single action by my friend Phil for the end of my comedy career, my teaching career, and a marriage. It became so that when he greeted me, he’d never say “Hi”; he always just said, “I’m...
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Powerball Dreams … Everyone Wins

10 Jan

Here’s the lovely thing about that massive Powerball jackpot and all the buzz in the air. America is astir with dreaminess. In these past few weeks, millions have taken delightful vacations into happy thoughts. We’ve taken a stroll into that...
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