Dawn Blair's Blog, page 84

Gotta have dreams

I’ve been shopping today. Shopping online. I do need to get out and make a couple stops at stores, but that won’t happen until Friday. First, I decided to see if I could find something that would help block the sound of fireworks for Merlin. Last night was a terrible night for him. Today, the … Continue reading Gotta have dreams

Where I’m at

I must get myself to painting. I took a workshop by David Limrite recently about creating cohesion in work and found it helpful, but I need so much more. I ran into one of my big roadblocks this morning. It’s a hurdle, but I’m sure I can work through it. I already feel a shift … Continue reading Where I’m at

Consideration

I feel at a loss right now. Did I lose something? No, not that I’m aware of. Did something happen? Again, no. And yet, I am having a hard time wrangling this feeling into something productive. And maybe that’s just it. Maybe I want to do something, but I’m not walking through the terror barrier … Continue reading Consideration

Spoken to the universe

Second day of riding along the Greenbelt. The photo above is a turtle from Albertson’s Park. We stopped for lunch at a great little Italian place along the river. I was dubious about the food at first, but everything we had was AMAZING! Especially the grilled zucchini sandwich and my pear pecan salad. My boys … Continue reading Spoken to the universe

Greenbelt

After the farmers market today, the kids and I drove to Boise where we went for a long bike ride along the Boise Greenbelt. We rode all the way from the east side of Boise to Garden City just past the Expo Center where I was at for Gem State Comic Con. Then we rode … Continue reading Greenbelt

Looking for mojo

I’m cranking away at Arlyn’s story. I’m afraid that the place where I broke the story to insert something might be taking it off into another direction. Oh, I’m sure that it’ll thread back in at some point — it always seems to — and I’ll lop off the ending to use in another book. … Continue reading Looking for mojo

Quiet evening

Taking a moment to sit outside and write my blog tonight. It’s finally warm. We’ve had lows back down in the 30’s and highs in the low 60’s. I just can’t believe it’s still that cold in the middle of June. But, it is. So, I’m going to take advantage of this warmer weather while … Continue reading Quiet evening

Advice

Deal with the present moment in front of you. This was the best advice I heard today and I really needed to hear it. That is all I can deal with in the present moment. Thank you for being here. Cheers.

A gnome’s dirty work

I tried to spend time pulling yesterday’s dictation into the manuscript and the Universe just laughed. Yep, it took me three tries to even get the files for the dictation onto my writing computer. The first time, I admit that I just assumed the files saved to the flash drive. The second time, I actually … Continue reading A gnome’s dirty work

Names, names

I just finished the transcription I did from my drive today. I swear, that just sucks the life right out of me. I often wonder if trying to do dictation is even good for me. Yes, sometimes it makes me draft things faster, but checking it just wears me down. Then there’s other days when …