Mary Rajotte’s Blog Posts

Filling the Well

We rented Identity last night, with John Cusack and Ray Liotta. It was a great movie! It was another one of those movies the need anything, unmanned, why can't I come up with something like that? The answer to that could be because I don't try. For like a month now, I've been doing these…

In the Mirror

DJR gave me a great idea! When reading a book, he analyzes which techniques the writer uses. It seems so simple, but could be invaluable. One thing I am looking forward to when we have a new place is not having the television in the same room as the computer. That way I can have…

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…