Any advice or "homework" on improving recall would be much appreciated. Seems like I will have 1-3 nights in a row with pretty muddy or no recall, and then follow it up with a night with one or two really vivid dreams. The last two nights, I have had pretty bad recall, which means I am probably due for a good one tonight, but overall, I would like to have good recall every night.

It seems like the best time is the last hour or so before I get up, especially if I wake up naturally right before that hour starts, and then lie in for a bit, but not always.

I have been logging sleep/wake times in my dream journal too if that would help with analysis.

And thank you - I appreciate that you are willing to give advice.