Sweet Dreams

March 28, 2023

My funny black and white comic strip of Bryan dreaming of a beautiful woman in his bedroom. Drawn by artist Bryan Skinnell.

Do you dream?

I’m sure you do. Who doesn’t?

So, let me ask you this….. what do you dream about?

Heck, why do we even dream anyway?

For reasons I don’t fully understand my dreams are quickly purged from my brain and totally forgotten after I wake up. I’ve no idea why. It’s annoying as heck if you ask me. I sure hope I haven’t been spending my nights dreaming of naked women because I’d sure like to remember those!!! That surely would be my luck wouldn’t it? Spending my restful nights dreaming of life on a tropical island paradise with buxom babes who are perfectly happy being naked as jaybirds while passing cups of delicious coconut milk to my lips as they cater to my every whim.

Ok, ok….. so maybe there is a reason my dreams are purged and erased from my memory banks. Because I’m a filthy pagan with an X-rated mind! But I really do think about more than just naked tropical babes. I also think about art once in awhile. Which I really need to get cracking on. And also what to fix when I get the munchies. Like right now. Those darn munchy attacks hit me pretty regular. Especially wnen I get to day dreaming about naked tropical babes which always works up quite an appetite. Eating a balanced and nutritional diet is very important and must not be neglected. And if you can get it on a tropical island while surrounded by naked babes suntanned to a bronzy brown, then all the better! I’m sure my doctor would approve.

While I’m enjoying my din-din while lost in the tropics rest assured I’ll be thinking of you. Maybe clothed. Or maybe not. Who knows?!

Why hello there! My name is Bryan Skinnell and I am a middle-aged (50-ish) artist and neighborhood kook who is living the artistic and creative life out in the boonies of Bedford, Virginia. Bedford is one of the largest counties in the commonwealth of Virginia and, for the most part, it’s still a mostly rural one that bridges the gap between Roanoke and Lynchburg. You could say, in more ways than one, that Bedford is the heart of Virginia. I can’t argue with that although I usually think of Bedford more as Virginia’s belly button myself.

I grew up right here in Bedford and have lived and toiled most of my life on our infamous red clay. The sort of clay that makes the stickiest mud known to man after a rain and which clings like super glue from God to anything and everything it touches. If you are so foolish as to get it on yourself you’ll wind up tracking and leaving a trail of red goop everywhere you go for days afterwards to the delight of your family and friends. But I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else and Lord knows I tried as I’ve wandered from one end of the country to the other. But Bedford has my heart and that’s where I’ve chosen to live my life today. In my free time when I’m not stuck in my studio making art I do love being outside gardening or hiking or just pestering the neighbors.

Every day I try to write something that’s original, entertaining, and half-way thoughtful here on my blog while sharing my happy-go-lucky attitude and zest for life. Quite often I don’t have the foggiest notion of what I’ll end up saying in a post. But, whatever I end up writing about, I do hope you enjoy it!

I do keep a mailing list for interested readers and fans. If you would like to get in on the action and follow my musings and rabble-babble, that can be easily arranged. Just give me an email address that you would like for me to send my blog posts to and I’ll see that you get it.

Thanks for stopping by!
Bryan Skinnell