KEVIN BURNHAM
Robert Mitchell photo
Trying not to sound too much like our old columnist Andy Rooney, who began several of his broadcasts with a question ... but, did you ever have one of those nights where you can’t escape a half sleep, half awake dream?
I had one this week and it lasted for about four hours. The theme of the dream included a walk around my old neighborhood from my childhood home on Gilead Street. Somehow, somewhere and early on my brother, Glenn, joined up with me. We kept walking, and walking, and walking, and talked about who lived where back when we were growing up. We went up School Street, Eastern Avenue, Townsend Avenue, Union Street, Atlantic Avenue, West Street, Park Street, Kenney Field Drive, Oak Street, Commercial Street, etc. In my dream state, I really enjoyed the walk-and-talk, but when I was awake, I kept saying to myself that I have to stop, get some sleep – I have to work in the morning! About 2 a.m., I finally let go of the dream and went to sleep. When I awoke about 5:30 a.m., I was exhausted and realized that I had never experienced anything like that before … and don’t want to again. I’d rather do the walk in daylight!