Dream and Reality, by Mark Tulin – Friday Flash Fiction
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Dream and Reality, by Mark Tulin
20/9/2019
I had a memorable dream when I was nine. I dreamt that I was living in California. I was walking down a wide street, lined with palm trees and Spanish-style houses. I remember marveling at the sunshine and how beautiful the birds-of-paradise were.
Then I woke from the dream. I walked to school down a narrow, tree-less Philly street with rowhomes on either side. The sky was cloudy.
Forty years later, I walked down the same street that I had in my dream. Only the sun was much hotter and there was a cool ocean breeze.
Crow On The Wire 
California dreamin’. Philly to California is definitely a couple of dreams away, and even more time zones! It’s only Tuesday here! 🙂
That’s for sure, Robert. 😎☮️
I worked a summer in Philly a few years ago, and really liked it there. Sometimes at breakfast time, I think about a place near the Reading Terminal Mkt that had apple butter for your toast.
Yeah, I go back periodically. Center City is pretty vibrant. And the reading terminal will definitely put on some pounds. I liked the apple butter, too. That was probably made by the Pennsylvania Dutch.
I loved this sweet bit of flash!!
Thanks, Liz.
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Beautifully written! Nice to know that dreams do come true. I like that this one brought you to the state I live in!
Thanks, Theresa.