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Letters To The Future - In My Time

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Letters to the Future/Paris Climate Project "The Paris Climate Project asked writers, scientists, artists and others to predict the outcome of the Paris talks (the success or failure and what came subsequently) as if writing to their children’s children, six generations hence. In the letters, they told future members of their own family or tribe, living at the turn of the century, what it was like to be alive during and after the historically crucial events of the upcoming U.N. climate talks." "All letters were published online and some letters were published in newspapers and other media across the country in December." Yes, I wrote a letter . In My Time by Traci Elizabeth

Family Ghosts

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A true nocturnal tale of spirits of the past in an  epic dream experience with the present.  Guest blog post  Family Ghosts  at www.whatidreamof.com Insomnia. I've had it ever since I was a little girl, and as long as I can remember. On rare nights that I fall solidly asleep, snuggled under covers and under the velvet midnight sky, I dream deeply. Drifting into a misty world where images spin in my mind traveling thru time, the scenes are often like something out of a sci-fi movie. One of the most epic, recent recurring dreams is set in black and white, like an old 1920's silent film. I don't see myself in the dream, but I feel like I'm there, experiencing it all and viewing it all through my eyes. I am in a rural area of dusty farmland as far as I can see. There are railroad tracks in the distance. I realize I am standing there alone, looking around, feeling lost. Not knowing which way to go. Walk on the road? Or walk on the train tracks? How did I get here