"I'm here."

 Because I was tired, I went to sleep early the other night, at about a bit past nine.

I dreamed I was at some garden dinner with a fancy buffet set up bathed in soft lights and with quiet music piping in from somewhere. I was with friends, eating, having a good time catching up, and amongst them was a friend who had passed away.

I said, “You’re here!” And my friend said, “I’m here, yes!”and we laughed and hugged and joined everyone in more laughter and jokes as we ate and drank and took pictures.

At a lull, which happens in any get-together, I was standing beside my friend and remembered that I had gone to bed early because I was tired and realised this could be a dream. So I asked my friend privately, “Is there an afterlife and are you really here to confirm it, or did I place you here?”

“I’m here,” my friend said, still smiling, still happy, still solid and huggable, still eating a pastry from a dessert plate.

“Your answer applies to both scenarios.”

We laughed again, the dinner went on; and then I woke up and typed all this here so I wouldn’t forget. And since I was honest and said early on that this was a dream, I am the only one cheated by the bad story trope that ends with “It was all a dream”. 

I’m awake so I know I placed my friend at the party. I’m glad it didn’t feel that way for a while. I’ll try to go back to sleep now.

Maybe it is indeed time...

 ...to blog again? 

I left blogging--as did many others--with the rise of social media because it was easier to connect and share content that way. 

But given the state of social media now--fake news, especially, but there are other issues--the control of writing on one's own blog is becoming appealing again. A friend, Honey, talked about this on social media. She had not stopped blogging and she shared her thoughts about why she has stuck to it, and her ideas made sense to me. Even if the content may not be as widely spread as before, it's not that big an issue for me. I will still be able to share the content I want to and then I can leave it up to others to read it or not. I'm fine with that. 

So...here I am, thinking of reviving this old PGS blog again, and then perhaps just linking up to social media. Or maybe not even that. Let's see...

Even the thought of starting a completely new blog is just as appealing.