Juliejordanscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 824 )

• The Passionate Writer - Prompts, Quotes & More Starts Tomorrow - Join the Writin...

  

  It feels so good to be excited about something! The Passionate Writer: Coming to Create with Your July 1 - 31, 2014     The last week - and still now - I've bee... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tell Me What You Think - A Few Hits & A Few Misses - Sarah Bernhardt, WRITE*...

  

  I had great hopes for this, but blehhh - I feel like I did Sarah Bernhardt a disservice! There are times when art works out fabulously. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (or) Is This One Week of Your Life?

  

  Today is the longest day of the 2014 - a fact which always confused me as a child. It is actually the longest day of sunlight for those of us who live in the... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fitness 5 on Fridays: I Did It - Goal Accomplished and to Be Continued Thanks...

  

  In May I focused on fitness for the first time in a long time with my friend Jen at JVKom Chronicles. She is a gem. Each Friday she will be asking fitness... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Biannual Blogathon Bash Weekend Kickoff! Ta-Da for Goals, Etc.

  

  I'm spending my weekend working on my blog with all the awesome people at the Biannual Blogathon Bash! Dear Fellow Blogathon Bash Friends, I wasn't sure if I... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Will You RSVP to Your Next Invitation? - Practicing and Following Your Intuition

  

  Sometimes invitations are not what they appear to be.... I was reminded of something last Saturday that continues to feel important today, but like many message... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• For the Love of Writing Groups: Filled with One Delightful Surprise After Anothe...

  

  Seven pm, Tuesday. I decided to take a walk on the nearby bluffs to have some quiet, reflective time as I bid the sun goodbye. The unseasonably cool wind... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Improv Teaches Me About Art, Life and Nearly Everything In Between: More on...

  

  Creative Improvization means letting go of control - and getting comfortable with whatever flows your way. Summer may be both a time of increased creativity as... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Quirky Writing Travel Spot: Inspired By Stanley Kunitz Childhood Home in...

  

  I don't travel like most people. I admit it. I seek more obscure, less crowded places. My family knows I will wander off in the early mornings, sometimes for... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Creative Ones: "It Was as If in a Moment My Fairy God Mother Arrived." Find...

  

  Creative People: Please please please hang in there. Find your island (again and again and again!)   I am listening to a group of young men doing math... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Freedom - Let Your Words Flow: Inspiration Via Prompts & More for Your Blogging ...

  

  Quote: “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Surviving Summer: a Mom's Discombobulation on the Way to Peace (while...

  

  The order of the week? Complete discombobulation. I realize now this shouldn't shock me. It is, after all, the first week of Summer vacation and simultaneously... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fitness on Fridays - A Little Accountability Goes a Long Way #F5onF

  

  Last month I focused on fitness for the first time in a long time with my friend Jen at JVKom Chronicles. She is a gem. Each Friday she will be asking fitness... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Today's List of 7 Writing Quotes to Inspire You

  

  Use these quotes to inspire you as a writer. Ponder them, use them to seed your writing. Most of all, simply enjoy. I've been collecting quotes for years. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Results Are In: #20X31 Challenge Inspires, Motivates & Changes Behavior in...

  

  I knew May was going to be a less-than-smooth month, but I was unprepared for some of its less than light-hearted moments. Among all of it, though, was the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tiny Art on Index Cards: How Fun Can Little Playful Art Experiments Be?

  

  Very very small art combines my love for mixed media, creative challenges and vintage books. Can anyone say "Heaven?" There are two creative tricks I love the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reminders: When You Feel Creatively Stagnant and Stuck: Stay in Your Seat and Tr...

  

  Don't give up when your writing feels stagnant - - It is Friday night and I am sitting in my recliner, legs in a modified version of criss-cross-applesauce. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing Friends: We Don't Need to Write Everything. Truly. Absolutely. Yes.

  

  There are certain things I just can’t write about. I may be able to write around them but I won’t write about them. This has been an ongoing issue with writers ... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Enjoy the Moment You're In - - Remembering & Setting Intention Now

  

  Hand over heart and breathe - remember and intend for a moment of pure enjoyment and pure peace.   I will confess, the past few days have not been ones I would... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Somewhere in Maryland.....I Drove, I Cried, I Reached for the Light.

  

  Somewhere in Maryland the sign said “Food, this exit” Somewhere in Maryland, I turned to where the sign said to turn and drive so I drove. And drove. And drove. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION