The Thoughtful Homemaker

Lady Melusine had a son from King John. She named him Edward. Unlike John, he was tall, pale, with green eyes. His face was a chiseled beauty and he had the famed handsome nose and cheeks of the Plantagenets. He did not know who his mother was. As a baby she replaced him with the […]

Many years ago, before he was king, John Lackland was riding his horse with a hunting party in a dense forest where he met a beautiful woman. He could not resist this women with violet eyes, white skin, and black hair. She was a very youthful girl accompanied by an older woman on a black […]

Turkmenistan was like a dystopian Oz. My husband, an Uzbek American, and I had no words as we stepped out of the airport of As. My three children, Viki, Jon, and Aron were amazed by the sparkling white buildings and golden statues dedicated to the past dictator of Turkmenistan, Turkmenbashi, leader of all Turkmen.
The […]

I had this nightmare two nights ago but cannot forget it because it was so different.
I was with a group of American students in Vietnam. We were told to stay around the University where we were studying. We made friends with the local kids and had fun eating at local cafes. One boy we […]

I used to write about the weird dreams I have been having, which I jokingly refer to as my zoloft dreams, but forgot to share them to you in a while. That is too bad because I had some totally awesome dreams in the past few weeks. I will just share the past two nights […]

In my dream, I was in London for the first time trying to figure out where to go. I went to a pub where we entered a karaoke contest. I girl from Dublin sang a beautiful song and almost passed out on stage for she put so much heart into her song. Her name was […]

I think my dreams are far more interesting than my life.
I was a troubled teenager living next to the ex-wife and a son of a sixties rocker. He was the handsomest boy I have ever seen. He was tall with sparkling brown eyes and long wavy brown hair. He has two older sisters who […]

I had a pretty cool dream last night that could almost be a novel.

Paris about 1830 Georges and Aimee are in love and want to marry. Aimee’s father won’t let her marry Georges. Georges and Aimee meet next to the Seine River to talk about their futures. Georges is interested in revolutionary ideas […]