A Clear Blue Mind

After 23 years of being a massage therapist and Craniosacral therapist, Dawna began writing in 2014 after a guided meditation; and in this meditation was given a book with blank pages by her grandmother. This blank book was the message to begin writing, though she wasn’t sure what she would be writing about. With the computer in front of her, she just began writing and soon found that this writing would be healing for her and her first book ‘A Clear Blue Mind’ became the start of her writing career.

Once Dawna’s first book was done she realized how much she loved writing and decided to try something different, not so serious as the first book, something a little more fun. Romance books had been a favorite of hers and so she began writing. With no real idea of where to start, she trusted that the story would unfold in front of her and so it did. As Dawna started to type, only knowing the first characters’ names, a movie began playing in her head and so she just began writing what she was seeing. This is how her first romance book ‘Calypso – The Hideaway’ began.

The second book in the Calypso series, ‘Blue Night’, was published in 2020 and Dawna is now beginning to work on the third book in the series. Besides writing Dawna enjoys working with her family on their family farm of grain and bison. In the fall during harvest, you will find her driving one of the combines, her favorite part of farming. As the nights get colder the Saskatchewan skies come alive, the stars are brilliantly bright and on some nights the northern lights will be out dancing across the sky.

Dawna along with her family and friends enjoy spending much of the summer up at their cabin, which is on a beautiful, quiet little lake in Saskatchewan. This is her favorite place to be and go kayaking, boating, fishing, swimming, walking, visiting, beaching it during the day with a cold beer or margarita, and cozying up to the fire at night with family and friends and a glass of wine. There’s nothing better than that!

Travelling is also important to Dawna and finds herself with great family/friends somewhere warm, escaping the cold Saskatchewan winter if only for a short time. From the warmth of the weather to the different cultures and people, she enjoys experiencing it all. Though Dawna loves the island life, whichever island that may be, she is still excitedly waiting until she can visit Europe and all that it has to offer.

Dawna also loves to learn about wine, trying different countries and varieties of grapes, though her favorites are California cabernet sauvignons. She once had the opportunity to travel to Californias’ wine country and is definitely going back to tour a lot more of the amazing wineries. So with a glass of wine in hand, Dawna looks forward to what life has in store for her in the future and what will come next. Cheers!