Please, please go look at this woman’s photos. I found them yesterday through Sarah and fell in love. Her photographs individually are beautiful, but when juxtaposed in the diptychs she has in her gallery, they are phenomenal.

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Song for Wednesday:

“To dream about losing a tooth represents man’s innermost worries — concerns about dying, aging, weakness, destitution and loneliness.”

- dreamforth.com’s dictionary entry for “toothless”

… In that case, I suppose dreaming about losing multiple teeth means that you are well nigh dead from worry?

This is my new recurring nightmare. I actually dreamt it twice last night, both times totally convinced that it was real—that this time my teeth really were falling out and we wouldn’t be able to get them back in. These dreams usually include a rushed trip to the emergency room, or the emergency dentist (I’m not sure if emergency dentists really exist), or the emergency something.

Now, to be fair, last night was also the first night that I had worn my retainers (which are supposed to be worn every few nights) in a couple of weeks. So it seems reasonable to infer that the aching mouth I woke up with this morning could have had more to do with those dreams than “concerns about dying, aging, and weakness.” But the dark streak in me finds that interpretation appropriate nonetheless.

How about you? Have you ever had a teeth falling out dream? Did you derive any meaning from it?

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Just for fun, two songs about teeth:

Happy Monday!

The last several days have, in many small and somewhat insignificant ways, reminded me of the Creator’s hand in our lives.

This is the smallest and certainly most insignificant example, but it is the only one of which I have a photo.

I found these adorable teacups and saucers (and a creamer, which you can barely see in the background) for 25 cents each at St. Vinny’s today after stopping there on a whim; I also found a couple pairs of pants which fit marvelously (a precious occurence). Thank God for little miracles.

A friend and classmate decided to work on his thesis outside the other day. He eschewed a lawn chair and laptop and instead set up an armchair and a typewriter. I found this setup quite photogenic.