I recall many of my dreams and often I am not in them. It is surprising after waking up and thinking about the characters or the stories that I also sometimes realize there was no Bob present. That was not my experience for most of life but often in recent years. I don’t draw significant meaning but it is fun not being there and at the same time observing many details. In one of the album presentations last winter, on After The Gold Rush, a student explained it was originally written for a movie soundtrack. I never knew. I thought Neil really dreamed he saw the knights in armor saying something about a queen. Maybe he did. Twenty years ago I had insomnia that concerned me enough to seek out a psychiatrist. I thought this sleep problem must have something to do with my emotional state maybe how I grew up and my childhood etc. Let’s get to the bottom of it so I can fall asleep again. I never expected the shrink to say what he said during the first minutes of our first meeting. “do you want to try sleeping pills?” I was dumbstruck. Sure, ok I said and they later worked. I rarely take them but I still have them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"