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Cinco de Mayo! Quiet here at the apartments. Perhaps everyone is away at celebrations. Hear a duck quacking somewhere near. Looking for his pond, perhaps.

Was a day of going back to old patterns. Ended up sleeping away the afternoon. No continued energy spurts today. Back to a day of rest. Feels good to sleep. Perhaps I was just experiencing a placebo effect with the supplements--time will tell (as it does with everything).

Dreamed last night that I was in an old house. The place was empty and filled with shadows. I had a key and was there inspecting the place (not sure for what). As I came up on a landing, I saw a shadow of a movement from a hallway. My immediate thought was that there was an intruder. At that moment, a man leaped from the hallway. He was wielding a knife. It flashed as he moved toward me. I was defenseless. I was sure I was going to be cut. The action startled me so much that I yelled out loudly--actually did so. I awoke myself and I believe my neighbor. I had hollered full voice.

There was a second dream--about putting things in order in some way--don't recall the details. It involved a lot of people. We were at a resort attending some type of seminar or workshop. I seem to remember giving people information and directions.

Read a short story called "Cousins" by Joyce Carol Oates. It's about two elderly cousins who correspond with each other regarding whether they are related. Their histories involve the Holocaust and families at that time. Coincidentally, my friend P is about to go to Germany for a tour/workshop where she will meet a person she's been corresponding with, but has never met in person. Fiction imitating reality, or vice versa!

Slow-moving people with slow-moving dogs! There are several in the neighborhood. Are the animals moving like the people, or vice versa?

People gathering for ending of Shabbat. Families walking past headed for the congregation down the street. They went by yesterday about this time at the start--now they are back for the conclusion. Cinco de Mayo--mazel tov! Shalom!