What the word means:  resolutely fearless; dauntless; brave, courageous, bold.

What Intrepid Daydreamer is, in me:  insanely, blindly, absolutely, unwaveringly determined to NOT surrender my love for fantasy.  Refusal to give up my belief in magic.  Certain knowledge that all forms of life speak to us and have very, very valuable messages.  Inexorably convinced that my life is a fairy tale and I create the story; choose the characters; weave the substories with all the colors of every emotion; design the outcomes of events; and learn as I go, all the wisdom that I already know. Read More…

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There are lots and lots of possible answers to this loaded question, but when I looked at my dreams that didn’t materialize, I had to go on a hunt to find out why.  The following is what I came to understand is true in my case.  Maybe you, too — or maybe not. Read More…

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I don’t like labels.  Seems to me, labels don’t adequately “define”, they just limit, stereotype and mislead.

The day I left the convent I went straight to the house of a cousin who lived nearby.  This was the cousin I was very close to in my growing-up years, and he said something that made him stand VERY tall in my eyes.  He said: I cannot accept the God that the church talks about.  Their definition just doesn’t fit.  God is SO much bigger, so much more, than what the church describes.  You can’t put God in a box like that. Read More…

I was one of those kids who fantasized a lot and was happiest in her daydreams.

My favorite fantasy was my horse ranch somewhere in the Black Hills.  I’d be on horseback, and would look in all directions, and from one horizon to the next, all the land was mine.  The hills, the valleys, the rivers, the stands of trees, and most importantly, the huge — I say HUGE — herd of wild horses. Read More…

And how do we find it?   These questions are as old as . . .   Well, if we ask John Q. Caveman, he might answer Who cares?  I’m too busy trying to kill a dinosaur so I can feed my family!  Could be, for him, happiness lies in making that kill. Read More…