9/29/22

A bunch of us are eating outside at a Greek restaurant. Nick is sitting across from e. When the kids go to the bathroom he tells me that he wishes he gave up drinking years ago. I ask him if he feels better now the he doesn't drink and he says,  "Not really."  The kids each have a big styrofoam cup of coffee or iced tea. I shout "Kale nikta!' as we leave. Then I'm driving in a car only it's open like a convertible. It's hard to drive because instead of a steering wheel, there's a rod. It makes the car go in the opposite direction of where you point it. There's a pile of snow in the middle of the street and I drive right through it and the kids in the back get sprayed. I'm trying to get to Grandma Bruske's and we're on Grand River. Only we're out in the country and it's all hilly. 

I'm with some woman and she's talking about these two bushes that are growing on the side of her house. She says they're basil plants. They look like bay leafs. They're growing out of a big tree stump. I pick a leaf and smell it and it sells like basil. When I come back, she's trimmed it down almost to the ground. Then I'm on a bike trying to figure out how to get back to the east side. 

9/28/22

 

I'm house sitting for Liz Walsh who lived behind us on Washington. The UPS guy drops off a package and I chat with him. Turns out Liz is at home conducting a meeting in the back of her house. Her little daughter is there. She's about 2 1/2-years old and people keep asking her how old she is. I tell her to say she's "Number B" years old. 

Then I have a dream that I'm writing the dream down so I can remember it the next morning. 

I'm sitting on a hill and I have a piece of cake in a clear plastic box. Someone sneaks up behind me and steals it. I chase after him and he drops it. I take the cake out and break it into little pieces and drop it on the ground. We both swear at each other. 

I watch a commercial that was supposed to take place at the old  Yankee Stadium. I talk to the team that filmed it and say that the stadium didn't have brickwork behind home plate. I ask where it was filmed and someone says "Arkansas." 

9/27/22

I need to take a dump and I walk around a school looking for a free toilet. Only they're all occupied. 

I'm playing football in a gym. We're using a black rubber football.

I'm in a class. We open up a package advertising recruitment for the armed forces. It includes several brochures and some cds that won't play. No one understands the message and the teacher dismisses the class. 

Joe and I are at a wine shop. She's buying some beer and wine. In the back of the shop an afternoon tasting is going on. I sample some very old cognac. It's super smooth and the guy conducting the tasting describes it as, "It's like getting a hug. From the inside." 

9/26/22

I'm working with Bess on a project. I have a photo of a stage and I'm trying to crop it to enter it into an awards show. I take pieces of white paper and crop out the top and sides of the stage and cover up the part of the audience that's showing. Kent is going to go with us to the awards show. 

Then I'm in an office building in Barcelona. It's mostly empty because people are working from home because of the pandemic. It's a wide open space and is decorated with attractive white furniture. 

Then we're on a train going through the city. It's huge and is quite hilly. We point out various landmarks like old churches and castles. 

9/25/22

I'm in the Village looking for a store called "Code Blue". It went out of business and the store is empty. A coupe doors down in a store owned by the same people. It's a clothing store like the Campus Shop. 

I ordered a Duke Ellington Greatest hits cd where I work. The guy who usually hand out mail isn't there because he works nights. Another guy goes through his drawers and finds it for me. He hands it to me. There's a small plastic bag attached to it and it contains what looks like a tiny pearl. 

I'm driving my new car. Instead of a traditional steering wheel, it has this V-shaped thing. I ament the fact that steering wheels have gone away but resign myself to the fact that you have to change with the times. 

9/22/22

I'm house sitting for an Indian family. They live in a flat above Marti Benedetti. When I get there they're gone. I look through their drawers and they're empty. There's almost no furniture in the apartment. I take off a bunch of winter clothes. A bunch of water is leaking onto the wooden floor. I spread it around. There are some spaces in the floorboards. I then put my clothes back on. 

9/18/22

There's a fish you can pull out of the water. Set it down and dry it out. Then you throw it back in the water only it's dead. The tide comes in. There are no more fish. 

I pay $10for a bag of blue edged chips. It's too much money. I put the bag back and get on a buss. "Fuck that!" I say. 

9/15/22

I wear a woman's one-piece bathing suit into the pool to make a fashion statement. Then we're riding bikes after discussing it.  

9/13/22

I'm visiting Sonny Spilos. It's a big Mid-Century Modern house. Some art critic is on tour with him. I ghost leave. I'm not sure which car is mine. Using the key fob I find out I'm driving a big black Cadillac. As I'm leaving Tom and Eleanor arrive. 

I'm on a bus trying to get to a new job at C-E. I tell the bus driver it's on Van Dyke. She drops me off 2 miles away. I walk. When I get there I immediately get an assignment. It's on a small easel. I have 15 minutes to come up with a headline. It has something to do with gemstones.  

9/12/22

I'm watching swimming and boating races in the Detroit River across from Belle Isle. I run into Karen Fishman. She takes a shower and walks around naked before getting dressed. We're going out to dinner. 

9/5/22

I'm going to a play. There are dessert trucks down the street. Ticket holders get free desserts. Joe gets a half of a cake. 

9/4/22

I'm on a rugby team. We're putting on out shoes before a game. The team is mad at me because I suggested putting bay leaves in our shoes. I can't find a matching shoe. The coach decides to us a play with a surprise move by me. In it, I inch my way towards the goal and win the game. 

9/3/22

I get dropped of at an advertising crowd. Kent introduces me to a couple people and we really hit it off. We attend an awards show. I hang around several women and have a blast. I'm wearing a huge bunch of beads and I joke about who I'm going to give them to.  

9/2/22

Tom, El, and I are working for Habitat for Humanity. We're cleaning out old buildings, one on Jefferson and one downtown. I notice a few cool churches and I make a mental note to come back and photograph them. 

Using a huge file, I file my toenails. 

8/28/22

This just barely makes sense: I'm snorkeling in a coral reef. I swim back to shore. There's a big hotel. It's confusing who's staying there. I have a key. Diana arrives. I explain how we're related. We're going to meet later to swim. "Greg wants to see you." Bob Packlaian fired me? No work. Karen Fishman leaves an interview. She invites me to lunch and I pass. 

Julie VanderWater is going to get me a deal on tires for my car. 50% off but I can't let Sal Lumetta know. Then I'm waiting outside church/school to give Laurie Saleno a lift. A huge Italian Cultural festival is going on. People are leaving with bottles of herbs. I go inside. There's Italian music and dancers. I can't find Laurie so I wait in the street next to some parked cars. 

8/24/22

I'm deep frying some beignets.

8/23/22

Andy and I were supposed to record a bunch of bands. We both got drunk and can't remember where all the recording tapes were. There are only a handful of tapes left. Someone shows me the t-shirts for the bands. 

8/22/22

I'm on the field at Richard Elementary School. Classes are set up on the lawn. I get chocolate pie with chocolate sausages.I walk down Ridge. when I come back someone has eaten almost all my food. There's a brown paper bag with sandwiches in it. And there's a small piece of sausage too I bitch up a storm. 

I'm at an all-day GospelFest for some female preacher who had died. Someone complains that there was almost no press about her. I have some chicken fingers that were really shoestring potatoes. Jeff Montgomery sings a spiritual. 

I'm making deliveries for Kent Drugs. I stop to play tennis with the Tonemeister. We play terribly. I'm then looking for Prentis Road.

8/15/22

 

I'm in the hallway at GPS high school. I remember where each class is--I'm not lost. I look into the various classes and recognize my classmates. It's last hour and a mom is subbing. There's a final exam and it counts for 1/2 our grade. 

8/13/22

I went over to Nick & Ann's to borrow a broom. The garage was empty so I go into the house. It's looks like Heather's cottage. Nick and Ann were in their 50s. Somehow I jumped back in time to the late 1970s or early 80s. 

8/10/22

Yiayia Kondak and Mrs. Phillips are in the hospital. There's a small can with writing on it. It says: There's only enough medicine for one patient. 

I'm at some kind of celebration. A UFO has visited or something. But it's proven false. But there's still a celebration going on at Mack & 7 Mile. There are a bunch of food stands selling hummus, etc. 

I'm in a big room at an agency (C-E?). I have to pound out a drumbeat on the walls and lockers. I'm going to be graded on my performance.