This 10 minute Film-Poem is about the Supreme act of dreaming. All life as we know it is a dream, and our ability to believe and understand this is what is real – our Inner Self which transcends all created … Continue reading
Now available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook Book, and coming soon to Sony, Apple, and other ebook retailers. Description: This is a book of dreams and how they have transformed, and continue positively influencing, my waking reality. The … Continue reading
A dear friend of mine sent me this spot-on summary of the presidential election outcome, with which I agree completely. It’s finally beginning to feel like the 21st Century: The economy is improving no matter what, including the housing sector, … Continue reading
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My life feels increasingly virtual. I was a toddler in the Dark Ages, i.e. the late 20th century, when there were still black-and-white tube TVs, phones with tangled plastic chords and manual typewriters. I grew up with vinyl records and … Continue reading
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Summer Garden Recipes Summer Garden Lasagna Yellow Squash Gratin Tomato, Zucchini, Squash & Herb Soup Cucumber Soup Fontina & Fried Sage Grilled Cheese Sandwich Spinach Polenta with Tomatoes, Zucchini, Squash & Chickpeas Flounder or Perch with Herb Breading Roasted Tomato … Continue reading
Skirt Steak with Tequila & Roasted Cumin Cuban Black Beans and Rice Tomato Avocado Salad Root: 1 Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile Salmon with Tarragon & Lime Butter Udon Noodles with Honey & Soy Sauce Asparagus with Roasted Coriander Two Shilling Red … Continue reading
During the recent storm that hit the North East, we were one of the hundreds of thousands of people that lost power for several days. Home alone with Arthur and Whispers, our dog and cat (my husband was away on … Continue reading
Shamans, the original shape shifters, understand that spirituality and sensuality are the two sides of a Divine currency. Enter onto the stage now the ultra sexy shape shifter hero of the contemporary paranormal romance, a modern yet ancient, timeless man. … Continue reading
I had this profoundly seminal lucid dream on May 27th, 2012: I’m with someone I identify as my husband standing near the entrance of a large open yet enclosed space difficult to identify, a cross between an airport, a mall, … Continue reading
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Hiking in Shenandoah National Park, we came upon this young woman practicing yoga on a mountain top. When she saw us she apologized and explained she rarely had the pleasure of practicing out of doors. I said, “Are you kidding? … Continue reading
Someone inspired me to concisely sum up what’s wrong with the world. My response: The concept of an immortal spirit battling to transcend our mortal flesh has murdered the Goddess, who in ancient Egypt and other enlightened cultures was revered … Continue reading
Everyday Magic #2 from Maria Isabel Pita on Vimeo. Filmed at Home in the Blueridge Mountains of Virginia Music by Ian Hubball “Dizzy Heights” & “Black Forest”
Steam Punk is okay, I love Film Noir, but it doesn’t matter, the only thing I truly care about when I read a novel is if it’s well written, and by that I don’t mean literary (some of the worst … Continue reading
Everything you’re about to read is true …♫Music from the Twilight Zone♫… Seriously, it’s a fact that dreams can and do come true; it’s not a Disney platitude. The typical cynical rebuttal it’s just a coincidence is an insulting slap … Continue reading
This novel was an uneven, at times much too obviously contrived quilt of present day events and memories of the past divided by chapters. There were moments of lyrical intensity, of really good writing, but they often occurred at the … Continue reading
As a writer, visual artist, passionate cook and Open World Video Games aficionado, I spend a lot of time typing, using a mouse, chopping ingredients and pressing buttons, activities that all make rather excessive use of my right hand, thumb, … Continue reading
I was fortunate enough to begin my gaming life in the realm of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, 2011 game of the year, renowned for its huge, beautifully rendered world through which it’s possible to wander freely in an open-ended … Continue reading
I had this Lucid Dream February 22, 2012, the night of the New Moon: I’m living in an apartment in some quiet city and I really want Mami to come over for dinner. I know she lives nearby and that … Continue reading
My husband, Stinger, told me the other day that an internationally renowned chef had predicted squirrel meat would become all the rage this year. I responded, a bit dryly, that a close acquaintance of ours (who shall remain anonymous) has … Continue reading
As someone who has loved and studied ancient Egypt all her life, I was excited to come across this book. Even though the writing style was not exactly to my taste, and there were too many passionate repetitions of her … Continue reading
I asked for an XBOX 360 for Christmas and for the video game Skyrim mainly because I had read that gamers tend to have more lucid dreams than non-gamers. Anyway, it was a good excuse! I had no idea how … Continue reading
My brother, Mario A. Pita, shot some truly eloquent photos one day of Occupy Boston. It’s January now and the tents are gone, for the time being, and yet there are still some twenty or more tents up in Washington … Continue reading
The Lucid Dream Exchange Many women who’ve experienced the ―joys of pre-menopause, and gradually crossed the dreaded threshold into the third phase of a woman’s life (so flatteringly termed The Crone) have been confronted with the option of whether or … Continue reading
The Lucid Dream Exchange Issue 61 As I lay in bed, I go back to sleep mindfully by visualizing a surfer picking up her board—the intent to have a lucid dream—and walking into the ocean holding it against her. As … Continue reading
My husband’s mother, Lois, gave me all the lovely hand-made Christmas ornaments adorning our first tree here in Paris, Virginia. Each one is a small work of art. As we keep Christmas lights strung up in the family room all … Continue reading
A 12 minute film composed of movies and photos I shot our first year living in the Blueridge Mountains of Virginia. The wonderful music was composed by Ian Hubball, The Wild Wood and Secret Garden. (Productiontrax.com) Everyday Magic
Why is it that the most delicious-sounding meals are to be found in fantasy novels? Down-to-earth, no nonsense, succulent menus from a time and place where people are still connected to the earth, to the source of their sustenance, and … Continue reading
Dream Speak AN INTERVIEW WITH MARIA ISABEL PITA BY ROBERT WAGGONER Author of historic fiction like Truth is the Soul of the Sun – A Biographical Novel of Hatshepsut-Maatkare, Maria Isabel Pita, also lucid dreams. In this DreamSpeak interview, the … Continue reading
Once upon a time, my husband, then a college student, devised an experiment. One cold and idle night at Michigan State, he took a square of mozzarella cheese and a square of soy mozzarella “cheese”, cut them both up into … Continue reading
