Penny for your Thoughts?

Wait to be offered a penny for your thoughts and you will grow old and penniless.
Ask after another's dreams and you will both be enriched.

Fortress, Stage Coach or Pirate Ship?

Every day, on my walk, I pass a vacant lot where a small untamed tree supports a tire swing. It has always struck me as a bit lonely and not very exciting. A few days ago a cardboard box appeared as well. Suddenly this is a magical place. I see the possibilities; fortress, stage coach or pirate ship. I know that the young spirit who has furnished this dream world is more likely into space ships or something more current from a cartoon or movie that I am too grown-up to understand. No matter. I smile as I round the corner and see that the submarine/train/time travel machine has moved since the day before. I can feel the residual energy of an imagination at

work. I can hear the echoes of play.