The Pandemic Nightmare? People constantly bumping into you. Being late for Zoom meetings. These are the sorts of dreams being reported. The expert on the CBC talked about the top happy dreams as well. Flying is a happy dream for most people. "The dream encourages a person to let go of current issues and allow things to fall naturally into place." But alas, there are no top ten lists of happy dreams. Just nightmares. And of course, lists and lists of what people wish, want, and dream about.
These dreams and wishes are something other than what happens in sleeping. Dreams are things that people think about as cherished aspirations, ambitions or ideals - for example a childhood dream. Goals are something people do something about - the object of someone's ambition or effort. It may be that they are connected, that dreaming is a stage of forming goals:
"You have to dream before your dreams can come true." ~A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell
Follow you passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and , above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams. ~Donovan Bailey
Our picture today is the orchard of sweet dreams under the night sky.
Is there a Guinness Record every single day of the year? Yesterday's record was a man snapping 98 pencils in 60 seconds. The report claims that it is incredible that he's not the first man to attempt the record. He beat the previous record of 90 pencils.
And on Friday the 13th, a B.C. bookstore in Victoria attempted to set the world record on the tallest book stack. Did they do it? No news. So that would mean it is unlikely. It is hard to tell - there are so many stacks of book records. There's even the tallest stack of Guinness World Records books.
And how many people were at Port Dover for Friday the 13th? There were only 75,000 people in Port Dover yesterday. Attendance was 'light'. The next Friday the 13th is in December, so no records will be broken then.
Who was born and died on Friday the 13th? Arnold Schoenberg, the composer. He was reported to be terrified of the number all his life.
Salt Spring Island is the home of David Wood Salt Spring Island Cheese. Here are scenes from the farm.
