Julia's Blog
Old Year: New Year
As we close out one year and get ready to welcome in the next, a few things cross my mind… What new recipes will I try? What new stories will I write? Will I publish this next book? Maybe I should blog every day? What will change in my home life? How will my writing…
Fiction and Fantasy
I read something today that made me cry. Not in a bad way, but it renewed my optimism on the good of humanity. If you are paying attention to this divided, hate filled, chaotic world; you know that good often takes the way back seat to the ugly, self-interest, and greed of mankind. But this…
Lights of the Season
One of my favorite things about December is all the holidays. Everyone manages to find a reason to celebrate, put out some lights, illuminate the porch, lightcandles, build a fire, and in general gather with friends and family. It truly is a magical time of year when so many people of so many different cultures…
Playing Hookie
A couple of days ago I wrote about our advent or calendar boxes for December, one being amazing chocolates, the other little dragon figures. Those dragon figure boxes were empty, the first 3 but on the 4th day we opened the box and found four dragon figures. They didn’t seem drunk, but they were smiling…
Holiday Prep
Mostly we are not decorated, well as far as the big pieces… but our outside lights are on, our snowglobe is whirring, and we have a few special pieces, snowflakes and stars, reflecting and refracting light, casting rainbows everywhere. But the tree is waiting, the many decorations and memories that deck our halls have been…
Better and Better
I was feeling better, but I had an appointment with the doctor. To keep the appointment or go to work? I tossed the imaginary quarter. Grabon caught it and suggested a healer’s opinion would be good. “Recovery time is important,” Brom muttered. “You’re not feeling yourself, yet. Better to find out why,” Grabon continued, nodding…
Getting Back
As people are getting back to their routines, dragging out the next holiday decorations and prepping the house for winter’s storms, I am still fighting off this blasted virus. I am so tired of feeling cruddy, it is not even funny. Yes, yes, that was a rhyme, I couldn’t help myself. This time of year…
Happy 🦃 Day of Thanks and Gratitude
Knowing that most countries have a day of thanks and gratitude, helps with the “Pilgrim” problem of the American story. The more you know about Pilgrims, their beliefs, practices, and how they treated the natives, the less appealing they are. Taking stock, giving thanks, acknowledging those that contribute, feed, encourage, and help is good for…
Yes Doctor
Due to a series of unrelated and odd circumstances, my regular Doctor is no longer with us. Yes, he died, but no, I have no idea from what. In any case, it made going to see the doctor odd and unclear who I should see. For awhile, due to employment issues, I had different insurance,…
Sick and Tired
Like a lot of people during this season of changing weather, I have come down with a cold, sinus infection, sore throat, body ache, and generally tired of feeling icky. Also like most people I medicate and move on with my day, because I need to work to make money to buy things. The people…
Family Treasures
My brother inherited the family piano; the one we all played, sang around, and loved. In many ways it was the center of our family story. It played out crushes, heartbreaks, fights, celebrations, holidays, and grief. If it could talk it would have a lot of secrets to keep, and it would probably tell anyone…
Are you still Writing?
People ask me this all the time, as if it were a choice, or an option to just stop. I might stop showing people, I might even stop typing it out, but my brain never stops building characters and stories. If I am sad, the stories are sad, if I am angry, the stories follow.…
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