Month of May
Saturday Coffees
9 am
LeBou at San
Felipe/Yerba
Buena
Contact: Janis
May 28
Monthly Meeting
7:30 pm
Dream Dinners
Taste Party
Contact: Sue Butler
May 18
Coffee Field Trip
9:00 am
Orchard Valley Coffee
Company
Contact: Janis
May 31-June 2
Ladies Spring Trip
Marin County
RSVP: Randi
May 31-June 2
Los Padres Golf
Forest Meadows
Contact: Lou
July ? - August ?
Pinecrest
September 21
New Brighton Beach Breakfast
September 27-29?
Colorado Ladies Trip
May
Meeting
When: Tuesday, May 28, 7:30 pm
Where:
Camden Park Dream Dinners
What:
Dream Dinners Taste Party
It
tentatively looks like those that respoded to the email can make it on
this date and time.
Keep watching your email for further details and confirmation of this
even.
April Meeting Abstract -
with guest, Linda
Mastrangelo
Thank you all who could attend.
There is wisdom in our dreams. If only we
could remember !!!! That was the subject of the conversation
during the April meeting, all about our dreams. Those who
attended shared some of their dreams and our quest speaker, Linda, was
informative (she had the left brain/right brain data and explained a
bit of dream study), and enlightening (she explained possible
interpretations of each of our dreams).
Of course the first part of learning about dreams is
to recall them. Some people don't think they dream at all because
they don't remember. On average, we dream 5 dreams in a full
nights sleep. Linda listed some helpful techniques to improve dream
recall. First, think about dreaming. Mindful intention
helps. Shirley emailed me the next morning and said "Well, I
guess Linda was right. She said since I was thinking about dreams
I would have and remember more. I can tell you about 4 dreams I
had last night because I woke up briefly and tried to put them in
my mind. All were happy, 3 of the 4 were about or included
something about food. Hmm. A pattern! S"
Linda shared her own journal, and in order to share
and help you learn your best interpretations, she really encouraged
everyone to write down your dreams in a journal. Keep the journal
by your bedside. Write down the dream as soon as you awake, or at
least record the details in your mind. It seems this could be in
the middle of the night as that is when a lot of us are awake. If
it helps me get back to sleep, I'm trying it. Other suggestions
are: Lie still and remain in the same position when you first wake
up. Recall your dream before you get out of bed. Write any
detail if you can't remember them all, as one detail will most likely
lead to another, and then another, and then all. Avoid alcohol
before bedtime, Linda noted sometimes it hinders dream recall. She did
stress your journal is yours to preserve, not an essay to be
graded. Describe the dream in whatever manner works best for
you. If images explain, draw them, and write details of
everything: setting, (light or dark or color and size), characters
(people, animals,) actions and emotions felt (from all in dream). Write
down what stays the same and what changes in recurring dreams.
Write in outline or paragraph or draw or whatever comes to you.
You don't need to worry about getting everything at first. At 5
dreams a night, there's a lot of opportunities. Linda says
"Relax, practice, it gets easier." I guess after we record
them we get to learn how to figure them out. Another brain
enhancer .
Linda asserted, "Dreams reflect what is going on in
our lives." Similar topics might be different for each
dreamer because we all have personal associations. We all should
analyze our own dreams because they apply to our own lives. As we
shared we heard some similar dream topics. I asked about flying
for Kathy. Linda's comment was, flying in our dreams might be
because (1) we want to see things from a different perspective (2) we
want to see the big picture (3) or maybe we want to get away.
This is where you personalize your dream. What was happening in
your life that any of these representations might apply? Another
dream theme many of us asked about is being unprepared for a test,
unable to find a classroom, or feeling no one will help. This might
express a time in our life when (1) we feel we are not in control of a
situation or (2) we feel as though we don't have the correct tools to
make correct decisions. Made sense to me !!
Linda mentioned several different types of dreams.
Reflective dreams, visitation dreams, preparation dreams, life changing
dreams, nightmare dreams, and recurring dreams were the ones I wrote
down in my notes. Lots of stuff to talk about! Our
dreams can be fun and useful, I hope all who are interested will enjoy
researching them all.
Sweet Dreams.
Respectfully
submitted,
~ Sharon
PS:
Linda left handouts with additional info. I am happy to send
copies to anyone who requests.
Ladies
Spring Trip
We are going on May 31-June 2
(same weekend as the guys' golf trip) up to Marin County. We are
staying at the Embassy Suites in San Rafael with 3 people to a
suite. The cost is approximate depending on how many people
are going. The suites are about $225 per night per room if there
are 3 (less if there are 2).
This includes
their great buffet breakfasts and happy hour libations and
treats. If their is an odd number we will work it out and divide
the total cost of the rooms by the total number of people( a good math
exercise!). Some thoughts about what to do are open... Sally has
looked into going out to Angel Island to the detention museum (I did
this tour and it was great!)
Sausalito is also
a place to go to. Other ideas are welcome. Let me know ASAP
if you plan on going (even if you told me at Robin's house
please!). Thanks! Randi
Our Condolences
Our condolences to Jim
Cuneo and his family on the recent passing of his father.
Saturday Coffee
Clatches
Continue
We meet
every Saturday morning at
9 am at
Le Boulanger at San Felipe and Yerba Buena. There is a Starbucks
across from it if you need something "special" to go with your bagel or
pastry. Away coffee this month will be on May
18th to the Orchard Valley Coffee Company in Campbell. That is
the weekend of Boogie on the Bayou so we can walk down through the
booths after coffee.
e-Mail
Tidbit
4 Worms In Church
Four
worms and a lesson to be learned!!!!
A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to
his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following
results:
The first worm in alcohol . . . Dead.
The second worm in cigarette smoke . . . Dead.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
Fourth worm in good clean soil . . . Alive …
So the Minister asked the congregation,
"What did you learn from this demonstration?"
Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said . . .
"As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!"
