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Five lines, none of them mine

A fortnight of replies, one line each, with the names taken off.

Something lighter is already on its way

What a flying dream is reporting, and the reason most people miss what comes next.

The nightmare treatment nobody mentions

Recall it, change what happens next, then practice the new version awake. That is the whole of it.

Three of you flew last week

One was watched, one came back after decades, and one of you is doing it badly.

Nearly everybody has flown at least once

And almost nobody does it often, which turns out to be the interesting part.

The four dreams people ask me about most

What each of them usually turns out to be about, with the folklore called folklore.

What are you still holding?

One question for the weekend, and a book worth your time if you want one.

The day after a bad night

Two thoughts make it worse than it is, and both of them are on a clinical questionnaire.

You probably do not need more sleep

The steadiest finding in sleep research is also the kindest, and it asks almost nothing of you.