Mr. Sandman

I've had some interesting dreams lately. I dreamed Logan gave me two gemstones that smelled like strawberries. What does this represent? The kids? They don't usually smell like strawberries. Brighid usually smells like she needs a bath because she always forgets to wear deodorant, and Weyland usually smells like dirty socks because he hates to bathe... until you actually get him in the tub. The he hates to get out. Then the other night, I dreamed that I met a fabulous Scotsman. He had glorious blond hair hanging down to his shoulders, a beard and moustache, and snapping blue eyes. He was wearing a kilt in what looked like the ancient Stewart hunting tartan. Here's a link with some pics of Stewart tartans:

http://www.lindaclifford.com/Stewart.html

So anyway, I met this guy who was just gorgeous, tall, broad-shouldered, with a great bellow of a laugh. He bent down to kiss me and then swooped me up in his arms (In my dreams, I always weigh what I did when I was about 20. I don't know why this is so. Perhaps I don't have an accurate mental image of myself.), when Logan turned on the bedroom light and woke me. I was pissed. I don't think the dream means anything in particular, just my brain having fun. Maybe I've been reading too much brain candy lately, and not enough non-fiction.

The weird thing, though, is that I saw a guy who looked almost like the guy in my dream on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson the other night, in a band called "The Wicked Tinkers". Here's a link:

http://www.wickedtinkers.com/Bio's.html

The guy's name is Keith Jones. He doesn't appear to be wearing a Stewart tartan, but the drum is in the way, so I can't tell which one he is wearing. In any case, I thought the band was really great, full of energy, and ...loud. If they put in an appearance at the Highland Games in Arlington this summer, I'm going.

I should really get to sleep earlier, but I wouldn't have seen them if I hadn't been watching Craig the other night. He had them on to play at a sort of on-air wake he held for his father, who died last week. Craig gave a really touching monologue in honor of his father. You can see it here:

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/

I've never been a person who is much affected by famous people, but I had to send him an email after seeing that show. I think it is extraordinary to find a celebrity who really acts like a normal person. Grief is something most people try to push aside and ignore. I thought it was wonderful that he was able to convey just a bit of what he is going through via the medium of television. It made me, as part of the audience, feel closer in a way to this personality whom I find amusing and interesting.