Secret Rooms
image found at http://madbite.com/2011/06/09/secret-doorways-and-hidden-lairs/
Perhaps because of last night’s windstorm, and our power outage, I had that dream again, the one in which I remember that my house has secret rooms.
A realtor was trying to list our house, and I felt that she had undervalued it. Oh, I thought, I know just what to show her!
I started with the hidden apartment, the one entered by a kind of hatch in the garage wall. It was a studio apartment, never occupied, filled with boxes. Anyone owning this house would, of course, want to rent it out. I wondered, even as I spoke, why I never had.
And there was more! I showed her the children’s rooms with the lofts and secret cubbies. We walked through the kitchen downstairs (an elaborate, fully equipped kitchen for parties). Then, my sister was there, and said, “What’s that room?”
The guest suite! I had forgotten about it entirely. It had a hot tub! From the bed, you could see the ocean! Really!
Whenever I have this dream (or a variation of it), I know that there is some potential I’m overlooking.
On another note (though not entirely), I loved this post from Writer Unboxed (written by the amazing Lisa Cron, author of Wired for Story). I read it twice, I followed all the links, I watched the entire (irreverent) Dartmouth commencement speech given by Shonda Rimes (of Grey’s Anatomy fame). I think you should, too.