Juliejordanscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 824 )

• Free Up Your Writing & Creative Juices by Getting Yourself Good and Word-Drunk

  

  This is the face of a woman who is drunk on words. Word high. Blissed out by words. Artist’s Dates, Writer’s Dates, special times you devote to freeing up your... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Start and Continue: Begin Again (and Again and Again) on a Monday Morning, Swim...

  

  What do you want to start? What do you want to begin again? I am swimming around in the sea of Irony on this fine March Monday Morning. How are you? Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Common (Yet Difficult) Question to Answer: What Would You Do If You Had 24...

  

  Its been a while since I have visited Jana's Thinking Space to answer the Stream of Consciousness Five Minute Prompt. I popped over there after resting most of... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 14 Quotes for You to Live on the Subjects of Risk & Courage

  

  Is this the Quote You Will Live Today? There are no prompts from BlogHer on the weekends of NaBloPoMo. I am usually pretty busy on the weekends but I wanted to... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hiking + My Son + My Friends + My Spontaneous Walking Stick = Heaven on Earth

  

  Go up the hill: you will find friends in the meadow, waiting for you. Sunday: Today I have a date to go hiking with a group of friends as well as a few... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Know You Want To: Show Yourself a Little (or a Lot Of) Love Today

  

  A Visual Reminder of My Value in the Gift I Gave Myself Today I had a rather restorative day today: I saw Silver Linings Playbook (again) with a friend who had... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• … and Then I Throw My Hands in the Air and Take Off....

  

  Are you a looker or a listener before you leaper? I listen before I leap. I have seen and heard a variety of people credited as saying, “Leap and the net will... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sometimes It is a Risk to Simply Confess... Yes, I Am Perpetually Uncool

  

  I felt completely embarrassed when I discovered how much the folks at NaBloPoMo at Blogher are apparently cooler than me and more aware of some of the modern... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Most Significant Daily Adventure in Risk-Taking

  

  I tried to be the perfect mother – only cloth diapers, only breast feeding, only attached parenting, only the cutest outfits with matched hair bows, only live i... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• March Writing Tip #3: Write Everywhere

  

  Put your notebook on a sequoia root or on a rock by the river or perhaps a haiku in the sand at Malibu I hear from so many writers that they don’t write unless... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What I Did When the Risk Felt More Like a Battlecry Than a Choice

  

  Everyday my son walks onto campus, I know he feels he is taking a risk, too. My trust in him fuels his courage. "I have come to believe over and over again... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• March Writing Tip #1 - Write in a Notebook to Stay Present and Grounded

  

  Many people resist picking up a cheap, old school notebook and write with a pencil or pen. I promise, if you make this a regular occurrence you will notice a... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Would You Do? Play It Safe Or Take a Risk?

  

  “To take that risk, to offer life and remain alive, open yourself like this and become whole.” Margaret Atwood NaBloPoMo Prompt: Do you think it's better to pla... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Join the Walk on Washington, Albany & Straight Into History of Yesterday as...

  

  Women Leaders of the Suffrage Movement, Preparing for Walks on Washington, DC and Albany, NY For some people this is the last week of February. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Throw Overwhelm Out the Window: What is Your Good News Today?

  

  License Via Creative Commons. Click photo to see more work by the same photographer. Some rights reserved by shaggy359 It has been a day.   It is only 11:30 am... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spring is in the Bakersfield Sky, Which Always Reminds Me.....

  

  Julie Jordan Scott is a Creative Life Coach, a Poet Performer, a Writer and a Mommy Extraordinaire. Stay in touch with her via twitter or facebook or you may... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• It's Like Going to a Love Fest for Women.... #socsunday

  

  I have wanted to write about this all week but it took a prompt from Jana's Thinking Place and Stream of Consciousness Sunday to get the words flowing. Today's... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Night in Echo Park & Los Feliz ~ Time for Word-Love Unraveling

  

  No one who knows me doesn't know how much I love books. It is not a secret that my love affair with words is legendary. My recent read is The Portable Writer's... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How the Art of Writing Letters Has Inspired My Creativity #lettermo

  

  One of the Lettermo Challenges is to put mail in a variety of mailboxes. Found a new one yesterday! February has been many things for me so far: the month when ... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• This is What Pure Contentment Feels Like

  

  I love how the light streams through the lacey curtains in my living room in the early morning. It is Sunday – extra sacred feeling – and my house is quiet. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION