Art Of Tracy Verdugo Blog

   Today I am writing, working on this book that I have become quite attached to.  The book I am hoping will be called Paint Mojo .... and hoping I can convince my wonderful publishers North Light that this is the best title :) and suddenly these words spill out and I know I need to share them with you.  Maybe they will be in my book, maybe they are words just for this moment.  I hope they speak some truth for you today.  I hope you KNOW how awesome you really are! I hope you know what a wondrous soul you are and how much the world needs YOU to know that .... ♥♥♥ Somewhere way down deep inside of you there is a gem, which holds all the wisdom you have ever, or will ever, need. It may be dusty and it may take some time to shine it but its essence is untainted. Open your senses and you will start to see a glimmer from the corner of your eye. Slow it down and you will open up the breathin...

8 hours straight sitting at the computer,  working away at my book  and then doing my GST (blech!! my least favourite job but has to be done)...... so my eyes feel like they're about to fall out of my head and my butt is as flat as a pancake  from sitting on this uncomfortable chair.... and my back aches a bit.... but you know what? who cares?   lucky me to be writing a book with my dream publishers lucky me to have an income which means I have to do some bookwork lucky me to have a computer and a  chair to sit on lucky me to have a warm bed to lay in tonight to rejuvenate and a warm man next to me to snuggle lucky me to have eyes that can see and hands that can type and a blanket on my lap to keep me warm  and a cup of Chai tea and a mobile phone so the girls, Marco and my mum can text me during the day. lucky me that friends have invited us to dinner tonight lucky me that I am alive and healthy and loved i ...

Happy Sunday everyone!  Just back from a lovely walk along the beach with mi amor and ready to continue where I left off on Fridays blog telling you all about my (ahem) diverse and colourful career path that has led me perfectly to this moment..... So if you remember...... we left off with me as Ranger Tracy with a slightly offensive fruit bat named Stinky hanging from my arm..... (see here if you missed it) Just as my career with National Parks amped up, and it seemed I was about to be offered a regular stint on TV, Marco and I made the huge decision to sell our property and take off overseas for a couple of years before settling down to have children... Always the entrepeneur, and with my creative spark beginning to rear its head, I had begun to dabble in creating dried flower arrangements using native Australian flora. A few large orders had seen me sprawled out on our loungeroom floor with baskets, florists foam, dried flowers and seed pods spread from one...

Beautiful full moon tonight sweet friends!  Image credit: Santana Verdugo Hanging low as it came in over the Bay and I'm not feeling too crazy from it... more like a sense of deep gratitude for all that is...  Image credit: Dave Kemp I'm making pies tonight in my very nifty pie maker in which I place rounds of pastry, top them with whatever toppings take my fancy, put a lid on it and  hey presto!! pies in 5 minutes!! cooking up some vegies and gravy and adding in the leftover shredded Mexican chicken I cooked in the slow cooker a couple of days ago for tacos.... So......  just a quick post tonight and I know some of you are waiting with bated breath to hear my next instalment of my very crooked career path...can I ask you to wait just a little longer..lets see what tomorrow brings! I'm diligently working towards my first book deadline~chapters 1-3 ( I still have to pinch myself that I actually have a "book deal...

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more. ~George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage too often I forget that right outside my door is the medicine to soothe my overwhelm, infuse my spirit with a feeling of absolute freedom and connect me to my muse. it really isn't even that I forget...i just get caught up in a cycle of DOINGNESS until I STOP and reevaluate and remember the need for BEINGNESS... This morning I took a long, lovely walk on the beach, alone. My purpose was not to exercise but just to wander, to feel the sand beneath my feet and WONDER. I noticed the marks made by the little pippies (clams) like some ancient script willing us to remember our connection and the way the clouds filled the sky in ripples. and how the water split the sand in tiny rivulets I noticed the tiny pi...

Big message from the Universe to me at the end of this amazing year.... SLOW DOWN!!!! Have been flat out on my back or on my side dealing with lower back spasms which my chiro says are a result of a twisted sacrum... ok, ok I get the hint...so I've been a little bit (understatement!) in overdrive, so I've been playing the role of Superwoman all year, trying to be the best mum, wife, artist, teacher I can be, studying full time and setting a standard of Distinction or High Distinction for my results, setting the wheels in motion for an EXTRAORDINARY 2012!! So for now I'm getting the message, chilling out, actually watched a whole movie in bed today and bawled my eyes out for the whole second half.. if you havent seen The Notebook you should so watch it... absolutely beautiful and just the right thing for me to see today and to contemplate the biggest most real,truly important thing in life...LOVE ♥♥♥ I'm also counting down the last 20 hours till the inc...