Ruby Archuletta is the name of a character in a book called The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols and was also filmed as a movie right here in New Mexico where I live. The story is Hispanic (although I am not) and is hilarious in culture and human interaction. The person Ruby was a hard-working, passionate local who ran a mechanic shop and tried to talk her people out of apathy. “Ruby” is a pen name I chose because I liked Ruby’s character, her initials are the same as my own, and I live in NM where the story took place. Beyond that, there is no connection.

I am an author and freelance writer for homeschool magazines. Some readers have tracked me here, wondered about the pen name, and if these fantastic stories are really dreams, or just another outflow of my imagination and writing skills.

I do write stories, screenplays, songs and poems but this blog is reserved only and specifically for dreams that I have while totally and completely asleep. If an entry is not a dream it will located in the section titled “Musings” as this entry will be.

The dreams fall into several categories. Some of them are on par with an interesting or entertaining movie (Teaching Dreams) and others are more like a warning or call to pray or act differently (Assignment Dreams)and still others may, or may not, be prophetic in nature – premonitions of the future (War and Apocalyptic).

I have dreamed like this as long as I can remember but only began to write them down when my husband put up this blog for me 10 years ago. Some of my dreams are not listed because they involve people that I know and personal details about their life or mine.

I don’t know if these dreams are a natural human trait that is common in many people, or if it is a gift from God, or what… I don’t claim to be a prophetess or purple-turbaned fortune teller. I’m just an ordinary homeschool mom who has interesting dreams.

Feel free to comment if you have something positive or informational to say. If you have a FUD disorder (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt), please just go elsewhere to air your FUD. If you have interesting dreams you may also post them as comments.

Last, but not least, welcome to Dreaming-Awake. May you come to know and love the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is everything to me.

RA

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