Juliejordanscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 824 )

• Why You Should Love Your Literary Grannies: Meet Harriet Monroe

  

  Love Your Literary Grannies: Today, we feature a tiny snippet about Harriet Monroe! The name “Harriet Monroe” probably means nothing to you. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Use Writing Play to Turn Anger to Joy

  

  Some days we start the day angry because we forget, word-love begins wherever you find yourself. I’m ten minutes late for my writing sprint. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Miracle of Storytelling

  

  Samuel, my son on the autism spectrum, posing for a photo with the "Famous Walt" poster. Normally he refuses to be photographed, so this is another big deal! A... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finishing One While Continuing to Work on Another - Mixed Media Joys!

  

  I have several mixed media pieces in the works. It  feels like I am chronically working toward them being done, but the very thing that makes me love working... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finding Life as It Returns While Chasing the Sunset

  

  I took this "Life will not be denied" photo last night while in one of my favorite places... that had a fire in late May. Life is returning now. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Daily Transition: Blessed by Sunrise and Sunset

  

  Are you blessed to see the daily transition from light to dark and dark to light? I can’t remember who wrote these words to me,  but I remember when I read... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Wasn't Smiling When I Started Writing This!

  

  "In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on." Pearl Buck (whether that is blogging or teaching or Mommying or editing....) I was all set to write a really... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 10 Smart Ways to Use Your Phone to Improve Your Writing

  

  Fire Up Your Creative Productivity - With Your Phone! I never knew my cell phone would become such an important part of my life. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Community & Connection: Why Visiting Off-the-Beaten-Path Places is More Importan...

  

  At the Entry of Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: Let's Keep Gems Like This ALIVE! We – as the human community - need to learn about places where... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Raise Your Spirits: Take a Favorite Writer to Bed with You.

  

  Natalie's words were so important to me, she is on my gratitude list this morning. You mostly hear of “lovies” for small children. Babies may have pacifiers,... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• To See Heaven (or a Creative Solution) in a Wildflower

  

  Do you love inspirational quotes and images like I do? I started a series featuring William Blake poetry and my images to assist you in your business and... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Follow Up: Writing From William Blake & a Grain of Sand (Part One)

  

  Follow up on this image/writing prompt I posted yesterday: - 7 Steps and 10 Minutes to Your Creative Breakthrough - When I wrote, I didn't use the question... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Awareness: It is What It Is.....

  

  Today I am giving myself points for awareness. I could have spent five minutes writing about HD, a fabulous poet I adore and who I was reading last night – her... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 7 Steps (& 10 Minutes!) to Your Creative Breakthrough

  

  What is more perfect than sitting on a beach when the temperature is absolutely perfect and you have absolutely nothing on your agenda? This is what I had last... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Here is My Response to Mini-Challenge #23: Creating a Pinnable Image - Which is...

  

  It is still early Friday morning. I started the Blogathon Bash and was well on my way to working several of my goals. Every time I looked up, there was Sarah... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3 Discoveries from Urban Nature - Lessons from My Kitchen Window: The Finches

  

  It is the best science class I can imagine right now. All I do is sit and watch. Watch and sit. Laugh quietly. Sit some more. I watch the finches outside my... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Experience Enchantment? Explore Nature with a Creative Friend

  

  Yes, exploring nature with a new creative friend is a living definition of enchantment. I have always had great joy in meeting friends I only know from online o... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Literary Grannies and Creative Block - How to Move Through The Creative Door...

  

  My Literary Grannies Remind Me to Write about Whatever Shows Up Leave it to my friends, the poets from the beat movement, to distillize my thoughts in so few... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Befores and Afters Will Have to Wait... Its Time for Us to Begin It Now

  

  Tuesday June 11, 2013: The Blog Dare from Bloggy Moms today was simple. It just said: Taking steps to fix it. I don’t think Tiffany and the gals at BloggyMoms... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Creativity: Stacked Up in Expectation, Discovery & Synchronicity

  

  I know I look innocent here, but underneath that sweet exterior is an actress plotting.... My Daddy called me “Sarah Bernhardt” when I was at the stage between... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION