Julia's Blog

The last few days have been warm enough to wear a sweatshirt without a coat. At night it rains, waking up plants, melting the hidden ice and the last of the piles of compacted, dirt encrusted snow. My yard is taking shape. We gathered all the newly downed limbs, cut up sticks and raked up…

I’m not sure why, maybe to celebrate spring, or because I had gotten a bag of lemons on sale, but I got up one morning this week and decided to candy some lemon slices. It’s an easy process, put a little water in a nonstick pan, add sugar, enough so it cannot desolve, add the…

Like so many people today, I spend a good amount of time trying to get a handle on what is happening in our polarized country. It seems that each party, each group, is attempting to foster hate and distrust of the others and the result… well the crazy people come out with violence to settle…

A Twitter friend of mine who writes a scary kind of fantasy with a facile use of language, also has a blog. I would encourage everyone to check out SusanRooke.net. She is an amazing writer with lots of interesting things to say, so I read her stuff whenever I get the chance. Today after a…

This morning I was dressed and ready to drive to an interview when I decided to review my notes. As I thumbed through, I went back to my initial contact to find the name of the person doing the interview. There I have written the date as April 1 and I glance at the calander…

I was reading an article on what makes a blog successful, and they said it was important to engage readers, to create an interactive experience. Wow, that is easier said than done. I try to get a sigh, a chuckle, an occasional raised brow, but an interactive experience? So I thought about questions, you know…

Yesterday I spent a good chunk of the day outside trimming bushes away from the house, cleaning out brambles. We cut up the yard debris and put it in bins to be disposed of later My dad was nice enough to come help me. We had fun and got a lot of work done. This…

I use a determined form of positivity, looking for the glint of good in every situation. The reason behind that attitude is selfish. I was not always a happy person. In fact, I spent my time in the negative quarters of my head, beating myself up over things I had no control over. I thought…

There are some allergies I can ignore. A little rash, some itchy eyes and palm hives are annoying, but it doesn’t kill you. On the other hand, some allergies can make you stop and pay attention. I like to breathe. I am probably not alone in that, and any allergy that affects my breathing, either…