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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Getting the Dream Narrative Right I find dreams very instructive when I reflect on the nature, tenor and purpose of my life. And some of these dreams can seem to be part for a nonsense parade. I had a dream recently about a plan to give a speech at a financial convention. . More at shorturl.at/rryVA

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Dream as Tutorial With America back on the clock, students preparing for school, and political tomes gobbling up more air time, in my dream it is not surprising I’m in a favorite nesting place, the NY Port Authority Bus Terminal.. More at shorturl.at/kdWI8

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Living with the Family, the Trees, and War I have just watered ten new Green Giant Arborvitae trees on the perimeter of our property that now, along with dozens of tree-mates, delicately wrap the family and property with evergreens. Full story at: shorturl.at/KpRol

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Going Home Again Psychologically, I have never fully left my birthplace in Crouch End, North London. Being born during World War II, growing up in the London ruins, and listening to family war stories kept me grounded and sure of my geography and history. . . Red full story at: shorturl.at/aHjDk

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Dreaming the Will: The Way, the Day, and the Play The dream is moving out of the daylight into darkness, with the occasional candle showing the way but tossing shadows, “this way and that,” perhaps to amuse or confuse me. . . Read story at: shorturl.at/05tag

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Dreaming of Being “At Sea” The dream is not unusual, and seemed on topic and in winter with me wandering, looking for bottom lines, paragraphs to capture my canter, and organize words and phrases that are hanging fire... Full story at shorturl.at/UmPug

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Dreaming My Way Home The dream immediately places me in Squirrel Hill, in Pittsburgh. In the dream I seem to be in the shadow of the school I well-remembered, waiting for a bus to begin my journey home to the suburb of Lincoln Place. . . Read full story at: shorturl.at/N5IbT

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The Psychology of Forgiveness For me it was a much-anticipated Saturday Zoom session on “Forgiveness,” as Jungian psychologist Renee Cunningham mentioned in her opening remarks that, in the theoretical sense, forgiveness can be seen as a holy experience . . Full story at shorturl.at/m2SDa

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

A Family’s Immigrant Arc I have a small sheaf of letters, now barely readable, ink settling into the pages like poor cartography, written by my father, as he was preparing for the passage of his wife and three sons from England to Pennsylvania. . . Read full story at: shorturl.at/39fTu

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Sound of the Morning Birds My morning sometimes begins in prayer, Sometimes laying my nighttime bare, That dream of a pickled shoe on ocean floor And whether anyone was keeping score Or that nighttime shadow on the run . . . Read full poem at chuckmccullagh.medium.com/sound-of-the...

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Aging and the Creative Process At a Zoom class on Creativity and Aging, the instructor reminded us that creativity requires courage, to let go of our rigid frames. She quotes Nietzsche: “You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.” Read my full story at: shorturl.at/RMiE6

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Chuck McCullagh @chuckmccullagh.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The Dream Arc of the Feminine Perhaps it is my age, perhaps it is the hunger, Arms reaching through clouds, space and arc Of the feminine, with hints of women Prominent in the shifting dream space and Central to my vision . . . Read full poem at shorturl.at/zUTRP

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