Inspiration – Vicki Dobbs

Wildfire and Wild Fires

Vicki — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:00:04 +0000

This has been a week of coming back for me. Slowly but surely, my energy is returning, and my creativity is beginning to bloom again as I work on the third episode of a limited series podcast I am dreaming into being. I have been binge watching a Netflix series called Wildfire. Many of you… Read More »

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WORDS heard on the Whispers of the Wind

Vicki — Fri, 31 May 2024 13:28:46 +0000

Dan speaking…“There was an old man who told me when I was a boy, that I should look at words like beautiful stones. He said I should lift each one and look at it from all sides before I used it. Then I would respect it. I think he gave me good advice…” From the… Read More »

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Cheesecake Blizzards, Computers, and Sunshine

Vicki — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:51:48 +0000

Soaking in the wonder of a spring in AZ, sunshine, wildflowers, birds everywhere and a new moon. Beauty in bountiful doses topped off at DQ with a Strawberry Cheesecake Blizzard. Can you say Yum? All was just wonder, beauty and yumminess until my laptop decided not to talk to my flatscreen monitor and these old… Read More »

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Stop Chasing Inspiration, Cultivate Your Creativity

Vicki — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:30:21 +0000

If I have learned anything in these past 33 months of writing weekly, it is that chasing inspiration is a waste of time. It is like a little mouse; it comes and goes in silence and then sneaks through the tiniest cracks when I am paying attention. Creativity is a process and like anything worth… Read More »

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Grace, Gratitude and Giving

Vicki — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:33:10 +0000

Please enjoy my Free PDF 6 Ways Your Life Can Change When You Adopt an Optimistic Attitude. Sometimes wisdom flows like a timeless river, nurturing the seeds of empathy and understanding in the heart of those who listen… This past week I have been listening. I took a drive to the hills that was humbling… Read More »

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Wisdom Comes When I Let Go

Vicki — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:29:37 +0000

There is something going on inside of me that wants to be known. I can sense it, feel it, and sometimes, almost see it! I’ve been searching, traveling, wandering about and lately resting, listening and remembering. Sometimes I feel like there is a new discovery about to emerge. Then there are those moments when it… Read More »

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AZ, Sleeping In, and Things That Might Make You Go Hmmmm…

Vicki — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:57:08 +0000

“I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I’m beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn’t pleasant, it’s not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories;… Read More »

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Choose You

Vicki — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 03:00:41 +0000

Choose You Memories drifted back last Friday, to the days when I was writing to my not yet even met, and one day would be husband, Danny. He was 21 years old and an infantry soldier in the midst of the Tet Offensive in Viet Nam. Veterans Day is always a time of remembering for… Read More »

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Preparing for 2023

Vicki — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 03:00:50 +0000

Honoring Native American Heritage Month with gratitude for all their wisdom and teachings. Many indigenous tribes consider all living beings to be our brothers and sisters. They are all “teachers” and will share their wisdom with us when we allow ourselves to be open and listen with the ears of our hearts and not just… Read More »

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Stand Facing The Flames

Vicki — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 03:00:33 +0000

As you all are reading this, I will be packing and heading to the airport for my flight back to CA. It has been an intense week of regrouping, silence, dreaming, and looking through the fire, so to speak. When I wrote to you last week, I was headed to the annual Storm Eagle Gathering… Read More »

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