Julia’s Latest Posts
FREE Today! Heron’s Bonds
In honor of my husbands birthday I am giving away kindle versions of the book, NewEarth2: Heron’s Bonds the 2nd of the NewEarth Series. It is a great story. Heron, Grabon’s ompanion, finds his mate. As a human who has traveled for 30cycles with a dragon he has forgotten what little he knew about…
Read MoreRunning Fence
Imagine Jethro, our old dog, with his erupting skin condition, arthritic joints, and puppy brain. He was running and leading Sweety, the new found pup that looks mostly like an Australian Sheppard but only half size, up and down along the fence. Next to them, on the other side of the fence, we’re three full…
Read MoreSexual Equality
Do people really believe that equality for women means that men can give only the parts of their traditional power that they want to? Not the parts they traditionally abused? Not the parts they are afraid women will abuse? Women have always known that a man had the power to ruin them with a well…
Read MoreBack to editing
It is amazing what a person can do with a plan; a bit of talent and whole lot of practice and revision. My worst obstacle on my writing journey has always been myself, fear of success, fear of failure, and the ingrained idea that we need to be what we are. Do yourself a…
Read MoreNew Hopeful House
It has floors and walls, roof and a basement. More importantly it has no radon or lead and we are close to scheduling the building inspection. Our fingers are crossed, our hopes are high, but we are not holding our breath. (We would turn blue and pass out) Shawn and I haven’t traveled to see…
Read MoreCool Stuff
Last night, Shawn was out on the porch smoking and I was keeping an eye on the puppy and washing dishes. He called me outside and told me to bring the iPad. He does that rarely so I knew it had to be something pretty cool. I managed to dry my hands, trip over the…
Read MoreFreedom
A writer I am connected to had an unfortunate encounter on Twitter with a pack of white supremicists. Because her cover photo shows a biracial couple, they decided to attack her over night and attempt to get her to engage. She did everything correctly, refusing to take their bait and reporting them to Twitter. She…
Read MoreSweety
We have heard nothing yet on the poor dog we found. She is adorable, house broken, comes when you call 65%, and would be more if we knew her name. According to the vet she is 6mo to a year, miniature Australian Shepherd mix and 19.6 lbs of bone, muscle and excitement. Poor old Jethro…
Read MoreFound Dog
We are the rescue people! I suppose I should be accustomed, but I forget between times. A dog showed up in the neighbor’s barn. Not a scrappy outdoor dog, mind you. A young, Australian Shepherd mix puppy, 20 lbs wet and terrified. She was skinny, tired, tick and flea bitten and after some debate, I…
Read MoreHopeful House 2.0
We are back on the hunt for our next hopeful house, scouring adds, photos and listings, looking for just the right place to move into. It is always an interesting processes; we collect possibilities and my parents go exploring, reporting back via FaceTime and telephone. I am of course in Missouri, working to get book…
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