Juliejordanscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 824 )

• You Are Beloved #FiveMinuteFriday - February 15, 2013

  

  Many people know that between the hours of Thursday and Friday, I join with a lovely group of women to free write for just five minutes. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spring is Coming, Spring is Coming! How to Appreciate Nature with Your Children...

  

  Here in Bakersfield, California, I don’t base my Winter or Spring going and coming on a ground hog, I base it on the bloom of one of my favorite trees: the tuli... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beth, Walt and Alice: My Family of Animals to Match My Family of Children

  

  As I sat to post this stream of consciousness piece for Just Write Tuesday, I realized... wow, my animal children DO match my human children. Two girls and a... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Expressing What Can't Be Framed with Words

  

  This is me, three days before surgery to remove the melanoma from my face last September. Sarah Downie took a series of photos. So grateful! Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let's Show the World How Cool We Are... Exactly as We Are Now!

  

  The Wiltern Theater: Oh, to Be as Cool as THIS! (and who is to say we aren't?) I can’t remember when I was first told this, but I have been told a variation on... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Up-to-the-Minute Addition to My "I Don't Want to Call It 'Bucket List' List."

  

  Preface: I must tell you this: I am not fond of the term “Bucket List” but I am not sure what other catch phrase to use. I searched for synonyms and beyond the... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Au Revoir to the All Or Nothing #Row80 Persona I Used to Wear... Sunday Check In...

  

  I confessed on Wednesday I sometimes… well, mostly all of the time… neglect to check in on Sundays when I think I am not measuring up to my goals or measuring u... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Make Simple DIY Postcards with Items You Have at Home Now

  

  Postcards here from Dana Point, San Francisco and Bakersfield It was well over fifteen-years-ago when my now thirty-one year old daughter went off to Summer Cam... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Your Wisdom, Please - What Does "Love the Questions" Mean in This Circumstance?

  

  In my hand I am holding a book titled Druha Citanka. It was published in 1913. I have no idea what the title means, but  nonetheless I hold the book gently and... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Confessing How to Get Back into That #Row80 Saddle... and Actually DOING It

  

  I could pretend I am really oh so smart and it takes absolutely no effort to get back on writing track after I have derailed myself yet again. That wouldn’t be... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Clearing Space + Positive Attitude = Surprising Treasures Never Before Seen?

  

  You know the feeling that something very cool is happening even before it happens? It is like a certain buzzing in your spirit and you simply have to wait for... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Monday Love: Create Upon Your White Canvas Today... Each and Every Week

  

  To love Mondays, Simply choose to live them differently. Yesterday – Sunday – I created this lovely little Valentine’s Poetic beauty. I love it in its... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Admit It: You've Fallen in Love with Something You Created (Other Than Your...

  

  Word-love flowers created by painted pages from Ambrose Bierce and Samuel Clemens. How I love these! Every once in a while I fall in love with one of the object... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear Future Letter Writing Friend: February and #LetterMo Begin!

  

  Dear Future Letter Writing Friend, It all started when I was a little girl. I was meant to be a writer. Why else did my parents put up with my two, three, four... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• #FiveMinuteFriday: Afraid

  

  It’s #FiveMinuteFriday free write time! <—click to tweet this!  Where a flash mob of folks spend five minutes all writing on the same topic and then share ‘e... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What I Want from My Writing: A Confession & a Mini-Challenge for You Via...

  

  "Why Write?" a question many bloggers grapple with daily. I have written to the writing prompt, “Why write?” quite a few times. My answers usually hum a... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing Prompt: Resolution Or Evidence: Which Do You Appreciate More?

  

  I have a love for storytelling and performance, both. I love film and theater, I love going to galleries, I love talking about all of these topics and how they... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Thing with Feathers: Inspiration from Emily Dickinson

  

  Mixed Media: Emily Dicksinson portrait with book page and leaf - 2012, Julie Jordan Scott The more I get to know Emily Dickinson, the more I love her. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• And So... Let Me Tell You How It Goes in My Writing Life... #row80 Midweek...

  

  Here’s the good writing news: I have been writing patootie off. Seriously, writing like a banshee. Lots and lots of words, quickly written words, fun words,... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Musing with Words: Sometimes It is a Matter of Butt in the Seat Mastery

  

  This is a word cloud of my Butt in Seat Poem, #1 for the day It has been a challenging day for my writing muse.   I have not been the kindest companion to her. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION