Juliejordanscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 824 )

• Word Play Your Way Into Your Writing Flow: Green, Yellow, Blue.....

  

  There are days I sit down to write and I just don’t feel “it” or anything closely resembling an “it”. When I first sat down to write this, for example, I was... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Love My Mommy: Driving Inspiration & Dreams, No Matter What Age

  

  Mommy loves Classical: I love my Mom, I love vintage books, I love combining it all... She created awesome paper dolls and the girls loved it, especially Emma. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Literary Granny Julia Ward Howe: I'm Not Exactly Her Namesake AND I'll Claim Her

  

  It would be very obvious to say I was named for my Aunt Julie, but that is not exactly directly the truth. She was actually named Juliet and my parents almost... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Which Granny is on Your Literary Family Tree?

  

  I am loosely following BlogHer.com’s NaBloPoMo. I didn’t officially register but the prompts are evoking something… different in me. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The First & Another First & Yes, Another First - Emma Goes to College Day 3

  

  Bloggy Moms Blog Dare prompt is…. “The first time....” Here is what I wrote: Last Thursday I sat back in this very same chair completely relieved the school yea... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lessons from the Theatre: Past, Present & Future - Being with What Is Now

  

  Lessons from the Theatre: Being with What Is Now I can immerse myself in it still, as if it was happening in the here and now rather in the then and there. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mixed Media: Broken + Layered + Past + Present + Future

  

  I’m not sure when I discovered how fun it was to layer photos, especially photos taken years apart with content that looks completely unrelated. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thank You, Florence & Annie - Women Standing Together for a Cause

  

  Three women are in this photo, each with a definitive purpose. Florence Annie: Women Standing Together for a Cause The woman in the center was Annie. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Leave Room to Imagine Again

  

  It is time for the Five Minute Friday Flash Mob of writers. Every Thursday night until Midnight Eastern time a group of incredible women gather, waiting for... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Ignite Your Curiosity One Layer at a Time

  

  Weedpatch, California - Hospital Screen Window, aged + Cemetery monument close to the home of W.E.B. Dubois. Lately I have been experimenting with taking my... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3 Keys to Experiencing Joyful Creative Play Even While Stuck in the Midst of...

  

  Let me tell you this not so secret fact about me: I am not fond of running errands. It exhausts me, quite frankly, to drive around going absolutely nowhere to... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grace Offered & Grace Received: Choose to Do the Receiving Dance

  

  Emma in a moment of frustration... circa 2009 Yesterday shifted from a maelstrom of frustration to a moment of grace right when my daughter Emma and I were read... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Simple, Quirky & Plain Old Fun Way to Feel Better & Better, Happier & Happier

  

  A Simple & Quirky Way to Feeling Better Every Day Would you value discovering a way to move instantly from an anxious or worried space into a smiling, much... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Creative Every Day Check In: From Stationery to Artsy Feelin' Groovy Medicine Box

  

  I’ve been having a lot of fun with my various creative projects this week. I have two finished projects. Stationery box turned artful medicine box This is the... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Heart of the Mishmash of Experience I Came to Forget: 2012/13 = Getting U...

  

  In theater and in life, its a mish mash of falling getting up, over and over and over again All week long I thought I “should” be writing about “it”: getting... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fragmentary Yellow - A Magpie Tales Inspired Poem

  

  Lighthouse Dandelions by Jamie Wyeth - This week's poetry prompt from Magpie Tales One of the things I love about writing poetry to prompts is I never know wher... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Falling off - and Climbing Back On - the Wagon: More from Stream of Consciousnes...

  

  Perfect moment for some stream of consciousness writing. Today's prompt is.....I have fallen off the wagon…. There are so many wagons I have fallen off I feel... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Free Flow Writing: A "Magic Trick" of Not Only Higher Quantity of Words and...

  

  Sometimes I forget the simple bubbles of contentment that float from my core when I sit at my kitchen table when the day is new and write, free flow, without... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear Mom: Compelling is Written All Over Her -

  

  The backlight from the sun blocks the view of this enormous homeless city. I'll go back next week and photograph it when the light is better. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Motherhood, Friendship & Literary Grannies – May We All Have Courage ~ Edna St....

  

  There is creative fire in friendships, just as there was between Elinor Wylie and Edna St. Vincent Millay It has taken me longer than I thought to this... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION