Now just to be clear, this lady doctor at Harvard was soliciting emails about people’s dreams. And I thought I was being nice enough to give her some input along these lines. But she never replied. Why?
Here, in any event, is the email that I sent her:
I don’t know if you’d be interested. But I have a lot of interesting dream phenomenon. I don’t know where to begin.
Mostly my dreams are variations on a theme. And often they involve things that could never be in real life.
One involves a restaurant that only exists in my dreams. Sveden House Buffett has never had a restaurant in Detroit. But I sometimes dream there is one on Mcnichols and Stansbury streets near my house (I live in NW Detroit). I have many early memories of going to SH as a child. But as I said, the franchise chain has always been in the suburbs. Yeah, when I’m asleep, I believe the dream restaurant really exists. But as I wake up, I realize that this isn’t true.
I also keep dreaming I am taking this college course. Coincidentally it is held in a grade school building, presumably for the space. As I’m asleep, I realize I’ve done none of my work (which is true–the place doesn’t exist). Only when I wake up do I realize it’s only a dream.
Yeah, dreaming in serial and recurring themes. It happens often to me. There may even be some places in my dreams that I am not even aware of in my awake world. I do have that vague impression. Don’t ask me to explain it.
One time I dreamt that they exhumed my maternal grandmother and found they could revive her. Now, my grandmother died when I was barely three. So I never got to know her as an adult. How thrilled was I that I would. And how disappointed was I when I woke up and found out it was only a dream.
Another recurring dream is my Christmas in July dreams. I had one recently. There was snow outside my bedroom window, and the window was open. There was even snow on my bedroom floor. Yet I didn’t feel cold. It happens every year, the dream that is, as I said.
I do have a couple of dream journals on steno pads and note books. They are from a couple of decades ago, I have to tell you. I also have compiled a list of fantasy places, that also mainly come from my dreams. This last one was even saved on my PC. I have to warn you, it is kind of wild and imaginative (as am I).
Also, I only check my email once a week on average. But I will be awaiting your reply. I have a lot to share, I have to tell you.
James~
Now why then did she never even reply to me? Even to tell me that she was not interested? As a doctor friend of mine said, replying would have at least been the polite thing to do. Am I wrong?
Anyhow, does anyone know any other person who would be interested in dream phenomenon?
(Now just to be clear again, she was soliciting emails about people’s dreams. And although I am not a moderator, it still goes without saying, please be civil and nice in your replies 
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