tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post8539699332206636357..comments2023-10-14T13:05:11.694+02:00Comments on Peregrinations: Spare roomsLesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-32458534389384195362007-09-11T14:41:00.000+02:002007-09-11T14:41:00.000+02:00Teuchter: And this was at the time when you had th...Teuchter: And this was at the time when you had those other little visitors in your attic I take it. Stranger and stranger!<BR/>I think the providential extra rooms are always just empty spaces in my dreams.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-1062580794486551692007-09-11T10:19:00.000+02:002007-09-11T10:19:00.000+02:00I thought I was unique in having the recurrent ext...I thought I was unique in having the recurrent extra-rooms-dream - but it seems I'm in excellent company.<BR/><BR/>Do you find the rooms are different every time you have the dream? <BR/><BR/>The strangest episode happened recently.<BR/>In reality - my mother had been staying with us for a couple of weeks and I'd put her on a plane back to Scotland a few days before.<BR/>In the dream - I discovered she'd been living in the attic, which was nothing like our actual loft space, because she didn't want to go back north.<BR/>I actually phoned her to make sure she was safely home :-OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-54957187868367359442007-09-04T09:09:00.000+02:002007-09-04T09:09:00.000+02:00Meredic: No we're normal, but I've alerted the aut...Meredic: No we're normal, but I've alerted the authorities about Antipo.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-5242287462467342952007-09-03T18:35:00.000+02:002007-09-03T18:35:00.000+02:00I hadn't realised what a common dream the 'extra r...I hadn't realised what a common dream the 'extra room I never noticed before' thing was. Are the men in the white coats coming for both of us then?meredichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351910443485308196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-655655854943884152007-09-03T17:26:00.000+02:002007-09-03T17:26:00.000+02:00Well I am happy to report that I've never had that...Well I am happy to report that I've never had that dream, and I think you are all very strange people indeed. <BR/><BR/>I do have the crumbling teeth dream though...Antipodeessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559657306491019975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-26639500235075754182007-09-02T20:59:00.000+02:002007-09-02T20:59:00.000+02:00BK: It does seem to be a fantasy that has been tak...BK: It does seem to be a fantasy that has been taken up by many authors. Lots of people cite Foucault's Pendulum. But as I said, I don't dream about new rooms any more, like you I have enough trouble trying to keep the ones I do have tidy. My fantasy at the moment would be to discover that one of our immediate neighbours had left us their house. We could then have it knocked down and use the land to dig a swimming pool.<BR/><BR/>SusieJ: I liked the fact that you were showing your mother around. I wish my Dad would show up in one of my property baron dreams.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-13337870713389538242007-09-02T20:37:00.000+02:002007-09-02T20:37:00.000+02:00BK again: ...it also reminds me, in reverse, of a...BK again: ...it also reminds me, in reverse, of a Cortázar story called <I>House Taken Over</I> about a couple who feel a presence in one of the rooms of their home. Something invisible and strong. So they close the door and stop using that room. But it moves around, occupying more and more of the house. Eventually, they are left with only a small bedroom and the kitchen. And finally, they lock the house and leave, never to return.<BR/><BR/>This feels like the flipside of your dreams, the contraction following the expansion. Be careful what you wish for...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-57549777478882619262007-09-02T18:18:00.000+02:002007-09-02T18:18:00.000+02:00OK -- this is fascinating. Comforting to know we ...OK -- this is fascinating. Comforting to know we are all having the same dream -- and I love this dream. I want to have it again and again, and it is just fascinating to discover what I didn't know was there. I too am curious, and will be googling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-69911498939646641912007-09-02T16:36:00.000+02:002007-09-02T16:36:00.000+02:00BK: More rooms!? Great, now I have to clean them...BK: More rooms!? Great, now I have to clean them and keep them tidy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-48967728839451969832007-09-02T16:25:00.000+02:002007-09-02T16:25:00.000+02:00Christina: I think it must have something to do wi...Christina: I think it must have something to do with exploiting unexplored potential, which actually turns out to be non-existent.<BR/><BR/>Ms Mac: I'm off to google "spelunk": it appears in that quote and I have no idea what it means.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-86905906587472663312007-09-02T15:13:00.000+02:002007-09-02T15:13:00.000+02:00Yes, I've had that dream too. How very fascinating...Yes, I've had that dream too. How very fascinating! I know what'll be googling all afternoon now.Ms Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363385142330348970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215844.post-55288309268225337272007-09-02T14:33:00.000+02:002007-09-02T14:33:00.000+02:00Oh yes, I've had the "extra rooms you didn't kow y...Oh yes, I've had the "extra rooms you didn't kow you had" dream several times. I didn't know it was so common. I also often dream about looking out my living room window and realizing I've had a view of the ocean all along but just never noticed. I wonder what it all means??christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991148606497381478noreply@blogger.com