Julia’s Latest Posts
Dystopian Stories
It seems that the world is filled with dystopian stories, those tales that highlight the bad, the dangerous, the mysterious ideas that hold civilization together making what is corrupt seem appealing, even normalized. Lots of people love those stories because they can be great fun and leave them feeling good about our society, which may…
Read MoreHappy ❤️Day!
Lots of love and respect goes out to everyone celebrating Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t matter if you recognize a partner of 50+ years, a new lover, a child, parent, friend, classmates, siblings, or neighbor. A day of recognizing our relationships and spreading joy and chocolate is never wasted. What started as a gimmick to sell…
Read MoreFunny 2
I am old. I freely admit I went through college, my under graduate degree, using an electric typewriter, or paying someone to type my papers after I wrote them by hand. I grew up without a dishwasher or microwave. So I lack some of the connectedness that some younger people have. Technology whirls around me…
Read MoreBookstores
Like most writers I love books, I read books, lots of books, all kinds of books. To be clear I buy books. Old books, used books, new books, I get books in lots of places. Today I stopped by a half price book store. Yes some of the books are new, some are used, some…
Read MoreDragon Sinus Infection
Grabon and the other dragons aim snot at one another and their human friends in a display of disgust and disagreement in a hard snort. This is an action that elicits a strong reaction from female dragons, non fighting male dragons, and most humans. But imagine if they had a sinus infection and the snot…
Read MoreThe Sinus Infection
Like so many people who have lived in masks for the last couple of years, I have avoided many illnesses. For weeks I have been scheduled to meet with a new doctor because my new insurance will not cover my old doctor since I changed networks. So I was anticipating a visit, made arrangements etc.…
Read MoreJustice is Not New
The concept of blind justice, applying to everyone equitably, is as old as the idea of democracy where people vote to bestow power and advance ideas and philosophy. MLK was a philosopher and a realist who knew that while the world was not perfect, it could be driven to be better. He was a driving…
Read MoreWinter
With Christmas put away and real winter looking us over with a hungry glare, my car decided to have a few hiccups. Took it in for repairs and over $500 dollars later it is still running rough and hesitating and dying at times. I bought some seafoam additive and put it in the gas tank.…
Read MoreOutgoing
People see you in a single role and assume that you are the same in all the corners of your life. Nobody is the same all the time. While nobody would say I am shy, I have my moments of wanting to avoid or dodge attention. The one that comes to mind was when we…
Read MoreStalling
I swear I am not trying to pin down time and make it stop running out from under me, I simply like the glitz and lights of the fiber optic tree and the spinning pulse of our holiday lights. I had been thinking I would put them away this weekend. In fact I helped my…
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