Juliejordanscott

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• Women Writers in Literary History: Zoe Akins ~ Pulitzer Prize Winner (1935) Poet...

  

  The Poem underneath, written by Ernest Hemingway, includes Zoe Akins as one of the "Lady Poets" (#4) Zoe Akins was a classmate of Sara Teasdale at Hosmer Hall,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vita Sackville-West: Poet, Writer, Mother, Gardener & Risktaker

  

  Under Photo: a Garden Vita Sackville-West Designed. Up photo: Vita, et al at Ascot. Quotes from Vita Sackville-West “The more one gardens, the more one learns;... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Drawn to Their Faces, Their Stories, Their Lives & Their Words: Loving Literary...

  

  Before the Government provided help, widows needed to figure out means to support their children after their husband's died. Kate Chopin wrote and wrote well.... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, DIARIES, HISTORY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Is Today Thursday? #blogboost

  

  It is Thursday, I think, and I woke up cranky and it seems as if with every step I get crankier. It isn’t anyone’s fault, it simply is. Coffee doesn’t even tast... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 9 of #365poems: Corporeal Continuum Or Something Odd Like That....

  

  her guts dive bomb into the clay soil of her Bakersfield front yard fruitless, it was, the attempt to avoid camouflage wearing paratroopers who she could see... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mid-Week #Row80 Check In: Dive Bombing & Fastening My Seat Belt

  

  This morning I am sitting at my keyboard, wondering when my current writing spree will dive bomb into the clay soil of my Bakersfield front yard. I know,... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Write Microscopically to Improve Your Writing Now

  

  I confess, writing microscopically is a term I believe I made up in my early days of teaching writing classes. Apparently I thought I was a modern day, female... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Importance of One on One Time with Your Children - Special Days: Long Ago an...

  

  When I was a little girl, my father took us on what we called “Special Days.” With six children, it was difficult giving everyone equal attention, but these... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Painted Desert Outside My Bakersfield Window

  

  I got a text message at three o’clock this morning which I didn’t notice until my alarm went off at 5:45. It was something about deception in a he said/she... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• After Winter Break: Adjusting & Letting Go Along the Autism Spectrum

  

  Wondering: Will it be a good day? A crisis filled day? A Safe day? I dropped Samuel off this morning and acted like it was any other school morning. He fussed... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Short, Sweet, Precise & Just Right for Now: #Row80 Round One Goals

  

  I am back and ready to spring into the ROW80 community once again. On Sundays, my ROW80 post will be goal updates – the to-do’s of my writing life. On... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Creative Every Day First Check in of 2013: Productivity Explosion, Part 1

  

  My new year starts today: Monday, January 7. My kids go back to school and I go back to having a wide open, white canvas to create within – hooray! I have to... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do You Listen When Nature Speaks, Even and Especially, in Urban Settings?

  

  Nature speaks, even or especially in urban areas, when we keep our hearts open to Leaves in a Parking Lot become Teachers her voice. She spoke to me yesterday. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Purple ~ The Color of Me ~ Lavendar, Grape, Royal... Purple

  

  Today’s (optional) prompt: What color defines you? Your five minutes starts now… Join Stream of Consciousness Sunday - click on the image to visit Jana's... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• January Teacher: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

  

  "You Don't Belong here!" I've lost count of how many times I told myself this..... I saw her when I was still word-drunk. Walking out of the library to where... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Art Journaling + Fragments + A Long Ago Challenge = Questions to Live Now (and...

  

  I got a grand idea on Pinterest today. It was a weekly art journaling adventure I could play along with – how exciting, I thought, since I always wanted to do... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Found More Words in San Francisco: Build Your Own Writing Retreat

  

  Standing at the Corner of Van Ness amp; Broadway, San Francisco This morning I found myself engaging in an activity I hadn’t expected to find myself in… now... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Urge to Write: Spontaneous in San Francisco with No Pen & No Paper

  

  During January, I will be writing four essays on the Urge to Write. Please look back here next Thursday for the next installment. If I believed in past lives,... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Women in Literary History from A to Z: Yosano Akiko

  

  Yosano Akiko is a poet I didn’t know of until the past week. I still don’t know exactly how I found her, but somehow, someplace, something most likely having... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Yes, I Am Stepping Back on the #Row80 Train. Welcome Back, You & You & You

  

  After much hemming and hawing, I have decided to step back onto the ROW80 train. I started over a year ago and in early 2012 I got my feelings hurt and as I hav... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION