Category: Stories from My Life
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Conscious Astral Projection
I’ve astral projected a few times from dreams in which I became lucid, meaning I realized I was dreaming but didn’t wake up, so continued my dream with full consciousness and control. Then I transitioned from the dream world to something more “real”, seemingly independent of my consciousness, seemingly able to be perceived similarly by…
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Memories
We were lying in the grass together late one warm May morning, under the big oak in the yard. The sun shone through the gaps, and as the leaves rustled back and forth in the breeze, the light danced across her face. She got up, sat on my chest, and smiled down to me. Her…
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Jessie Gerard Trail, Barkhamsted, CT
If I didn’t take another day off of work before the end of the year, I would have lost it, so I took today off. After breakfast I grabbed Buddy (Rigs was at the vet) and made the 45 minute drive out to Barkhamsted, which has one of my favorite hikes in the state, the…
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Hiking with Dogs
I spent part of my Thanksgiving going on a hike with Buddy & Rigs. As soon as I grab the leashes, or say the word “hike”, they know it’s on. Usually I’ll tell them 30 minutes or more in advance of our departure so I can selfishly enjoy their uncontained excitement as they prance around,…
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The Mysterious Box
“C’mon Chaki, let’s get outta here,” my brother said with a shudder from the front of the canoe. I had never seen him that anxious. I was still standing in the seaweed, looking with disbelief at the box, knife in hand, unsure of what I should do. I was twelve years old. I lived in…