Julia's Blog

About a year ago, a friend of mine from Hawaii sent me a basket of goodies, coffee included. I hoard that stuff like it is gold and make a single cup at a time and relish the chocolate macadamia nut brew, the scent and the flavor as it fills my senses and sends caffeine rushing…

Now that we have a shovel designed for Shawn’s scooter, a snow blower, and are ready for winter, the sun is shining and it is barely below freezing. Where has winter gone? It looks like we will not have a white Christmas but at least the grass is not growing because I do not have…

Today’s holiday adventure is all about wrapping. I don’t know about all of you, but we have been collecting wrapping paper for years and have a crazy collection of thirty or more rolls of colored, festive wrap that goes on forever. There is the tissue thin recycled type. There is the heavy double sided, the…

It must be getting close to Christmas because I have two pots of rouladin bubbling in my kitchen. My father drove over this morning and we set up an assembly line with Shawn and my dad and I to get the rolls made. It went off like clockwork, with a minimum of mess and drama…

There are many foods that get associated with the holidays, at least in my mind. There is the turkey, goose, ham and roast of beast, depending on where you are, determines what beast you manage to roast. But the sides that go with all of that are also fascinating. Sweet potatoe pie, corn pudding, pecan…

While waiting for my editor, Jo, to finish with book 7, I have started some of the holiday cooking. Candied pecans, fudge, cookies and cake. I am hoping to make a few involved dishes and get the cooking bug under control. Fortunately we have enough people to eat the food I always yearn to make…

If I could write this next year into existence, I would eradicate certain diseases, I would change certain political practices, but most of all I would bring magic in the form of health and a wealth of love and acceptance to every heart. Have a wonderful holiday season, no mater which flavor of faith you…

I am waiting for my editor too return book 7 so I can get started on making changes. The last two re-writes take time and I did not want to be working over the holidays. She has had it since the beginning of October. However, she has many other clients, she just had a major…

So I was lucky enough to help my dad put in a dog yard so he can slide the door open and let the pups out to play. This involved sinking fence posts with a sledge, rolling out fencing and for fasteners we used zip ties. It worked well and they have a usable fence…