Mary Rajotte’s Blog Posts

Holding Pattern

My writing has stalled. Even though I made a few breakthroughs in these pages, I still can't seem to focus. And I'm not sure why. I don't know if it's fear, guilt, no ideas, procrastination, or what. But the longer I go without writing, the worse I feel about myself, my talent and my ability…

Pictures of You

I've been so irritable today! Last night, too. The thing is, I don't know why.  It could be the result of our house hunt and the fact we might be moving to Brampton., which sort of crushes my plans of going to York. We had a great couple of days over the weekend at Algonquin….

Hands of Time

Great day yesterday. We finally made our way down to Buffalo to buy the digital camera. It is super cool! It has a bunch of presets, such as landscape, sunset, portrait, etc.  I wish we had it for our trip to Washington. I got a few more booklets for college and university courses. I'm still…

In Disguise

I was looking on my disks for my old "Of My Spirit" story because I thought I could combine it with something I was working on today. I found this old story I'd written about Dad. The thing is, I don't even remember writing it – not one recollection. I know Dad and I didn't…

Holly Jolly

Looking back on all the pages I've written in less than a month, it's pretty amazing to me how I've gone from no writing to almost every day pages. Granted, I haven't yet moved on from daily pages to working on a story. But knowing that I've succeeded in this area gives me hope that…

Back to the Books

I spent most of the day researching writing programs at universities. The Western program sounds good, but it isnâ't offered through distance education. The Simon Fraser and UBC programs sound good. Too bad I live in Ontario. They do offer some of the courses via Distance Ed. Then, I have to worry about money. OSAP…