Julia's Blog

I do a lot of reading. My taste spans many different genres but yesterday I bought a book, the 17th in that series. I have read them all but this one is Cross Breed by Lora Leigh. It is fantasy romance with genetically modified ‘breeds’ of differing kinds. Naturally I read it, all 300 some…

As people spring clean their houses, many of them drag out unwanted items and pile them by the road, making a feast of possibilities for veteran scroungers. Shawn and I have always made use of such opportunities, just as I dig through our things and drag out our own pile of unwanted items. It is…

I was hoping Jo, my editor, would have a packet for me leading towards the release of book 7, The Hunter, but it looks like her work may be still stalled. Instead, I spent a good portion of the day outside. When I wasn’t outside I was with my dad. We are having fun planning…

Whether you believe in gravity, or not, you won’t float. The same is true of climate change, atmospheric toxicology reports, and many other environmental issues. You don’t have to believe. It isn’t going to make a difference. Well, except you’ll be among the first to die. But I guess you don’t plan to be prepared.…

If you don’t have a dog, a garden, or children in the USA you might not know that we are experiencing the miracle of spring. Plants are poking their little green noses out of the dirt, pushing aside rocks and old rotting grass clippings and leaves. Rain spatters down, occasionally pouring out of the sky,…

For weeks I have been putting my resume out there, it might even have been for months. Who wants to keep track of frustration; but yesterday after I spent a lovely afternoon with my folks, I had a message. I texted back. I was instructed to find google hangout instant messenger. Yeah, it did not…

I am extraordinarily lucky to have the time to look around at the possibilities, but I want to tell you about a very interesting opportunity that I ran into. I was looking for job possibilities on line, using my tablet, as I often do. I came across a teach from home advertisement and I followed…

I know it’s making excuses, but seriously I forget to check every day! Since the recent attacks on the website and the heightened security, I have to go through each comment and decide if I can approve it or not. Since I let the last bad actor in and they did a couple of hundred…