Mary Rajotte’s Blog Posts

Late Night

I have been keeping crazy hours these past two weeks in preparation for fall. Really, I should have had my fall stuff online weeks ago and should now be preparing for the holiday onslaught. Shoulda, woulda, coulda. I don't know how I am doing it, but somehow I am managing to stay up past 4,…

Happy Day

One of my favorite parts of our trip was the drive home, if you can believe it. We drove home around Lake Nipissing and hit North Bay during rush hour. The sky was overcast, the air humid. So, as we left the city down highway 11, and were approaching Sundridge, the town lived up to…

Blockage

I'm a litle bummed out with myself for not writing in my journal while we were camping. I honestly didn't even have time to THINK about it. I didn't even think about work at all while we were gone, either. I had visions of sitting on a rock overlooking the lake at sunset and reconnecting…

Taking a Turn

Although I have been keeping up fairly well with my morning pages, I still feel like I have lost focus. When I did the book the first time around, I seemed to have more 'a-ha!' moments, and maybe I have just fallen into the trap of comparing the two. Mostly, I think I just feel…

Inspirational

I was sorting through old stacks of random scribblings and came across a manilla envelope with some old family reunion newsletters. There was also a clipping of a short bio about my grandmother, also a writer, that I would like to share. Reading this made me feel very lucky that I am physically ABLE to…