Spirit of the River

When I still lived in New Zealand, and also during my first year in the UK, I often dreamed dreams that included Lucy Lawless. Not Xena, but the actress herself. Last night, I had a dream that surprised me because I thought my years of dreams about Lucy Lawless were over because the last dream I had about her felt like the end of a series. The dreams were telling me a lot about my life, especially now that I am looking back at them. It once more makes me wonder whether our dreams are more than just random images and stories that come to us at night.  In the beginning: Lucy Lawless as an unapproachable, distant star My dreams in the beginning were usually set during conventions or shows, e.g. concerts during which Lucy was the singer. I was always only part of the audience, and as much as I wanted to talk to Lucy, and ask her questions about life, I never had the chance to get anywhere close to her. I was simply a powerless spectator who wanted something she cou...

Yeah, who wouldn't want to pay attention to Xena? Keywords play a very important role when it comes to being popular online: Whether you are a company that sells a certain product or service, whether you are an author who would like to sell his ebook on his website, or whether you are a blogger who simply would like to find some readers to interact with, you will sooner or later have to deal with keywords. What does that have to do with an introvert cat that watches Xena? Not much, apart from the fact that people always tell me cats rule the internet, so I thought I might take advantage of that and combine a cat with two of the most popular keywords for my blog (introverts, Xena). I might have used the Hobbit, too, but as I was actually watching Xena with the cats, I thought this was more fitting. Keywords aside, let's talk about cats. Is there really something like an introvert cat? Believe it or not, cats can actually be introverts, too. I have spent time with two ...