[The Gaijin]

For years and years I have had a reoccurring dream - sort of. Good dreams, bad dreams, the situation changes and the people I am with - but the setting is pretty much the same.

So last weekend I go up-state New York...

As a kid we would often stop by a restaurant on our way to or from the country place.

Then for years it was either shut or unappealing. I had not been there in 25 years at least.

Last Saturday night I found myself there with friends. The new owners have turned it into a first class place and it was a flood of memories from my youth..

So I excuse myself to go to the head and bam! Walking down the corridor is a side room with a fireplace. It was the room from my dreams!

Maybe it was the wine - I was not sure if I was dreaming or what. Sent me for a loop to say the least. How can this little room, a place I had not been in years be be stuck in my subconscious (or whatever) for so long? Very, very strange.....