Juliejordanscott

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• Loving the Moment with Your Child as He Outgrows His ASD Rituals

  

  This morning I made a stunning realization that some of the old ritual games I created for Samuel will no longer work because he has gotten too big for them. I... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Unlikely Joy in Singing Karaoke as a Family

  

  We started singing karaoke as a family before Emma was born. I believe she would say “I was a fetus at the time.” Katherine would sing “Amazing Grace” as a... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thankvember Day 9. I Am Grateful for Coffee, Straight Up, Zambien Zing & Hugs...

  

  I am grateful for Dagny’s, a local, downtown Bakersfield coffee hang out. I don’t know when I started going there, but it has to have been several years now. I... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Art Every Day Month: Few Words to Read: Instead, the Images Speak

  

  Today I will not share any words except for the intro here and my signature. I created these yesterday and.... love them so much. I hope you enjoy them also. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• FiveMinuteFriday ~ The Joy of Quiet *sometimes Even in the Chaos*

  

  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 09 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Art Every Day Month Check In Day 8: A Visit to the Art & Spirituality Center

  

  Yesterday I was feeling very expansive so into the middle of the day I gave myself the gift of visiting the Art and Spirituality Center at Mercy Hospital in... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Art Every Day #7: Leftovers from Personal History from 1944, Bernhardt, a...

  

  The project I am showing today has been in the works for the past four days. It became a meditation of sorts, reflecting upon and reliving and loving the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Behind the Scenes: How This Creative Passion Was Ignited #aedm2012

  

  I am not sure what prompted me, but this Summer I started collecting letters from ordinary people to ordinary people, primarily through the 1930’s and 1940’s. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thankvember on November 7: I Am So Grateful for My Passionate, Opinionated...

  

  I will tell anyone who stands close to me I have the world’s most amazing children and I am head over heels grateful for each and all of them. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What is Tickling Your Creative Fancy? Fragments, Reflections & Art Every Day...

  

  It is so interesting to see the directions my art is turning as I am settling into November and Art Every Day month. Today’s piece is a part of a series I am... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thankvember November 6: I Am Grateful for Literary Great Grandma's....

  

  It was mid-afternoon yesterday when I had the overwhelming desire to invite Virginia Woolf to my home for cookies and a cup or two of tea. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Story of One Bridge, Burned; Dan Fogelburg Lyrics & a Moment in Time

  

  Tiffany Noth of BloggyMoms asked us on Tuesday November 6, 2012 to write about..."A bridge I've burned... " I keep hearing Dan Fogelburg sing in my head. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Entering the Blissful, Language Free Zone of the Creative Process

  

  I sat at my dining room table with some of my treasures from goodwill and a bottle of mod podge in front of me. I told myself I would “only do a little” but wit... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Art Every Day Month Check In November 5: Process On the Way to Product #aedm2012

  

  Every Monday I celebrate the end of another busy, hectic, can I stretch anything more out of this 48 hours? Weekend. Yesterday I worked a lot on... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Art Every Day Month Check In, November 4: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Alice Eastwood...

  

  Weekends, I know, are supposed to be times of rest so I should have a lot more time to spend on my projects, right? Wrong! I feel like a chicken without a head... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Out & About with Stream of Consciousness Sunday

  

  Perfect moment for some stream of consciousness writing. Today we are free to write wherever the words lead us. This week I have been venturing out without the... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• November 3 in Thanktober - Land: Grateful for Friendships Growing Deeper & Wider

  

  This post is an entry for Thanktober, a Blog Celebration of Gratitude hosted by the Vagabond Studios. You may still join the festivities! Here is my gratitude... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Relearning Love Again and Again and Again

  

  “Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.” ― Katherine Anne Porter This quote from Katherine Anne Porter could have been my anthem this week. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Thankvember Day 2: Colette, Coffee, Creativity & Community

  

  This post is Day Two of the Thanktober Blog Hop. Even if you are not a part of that experience (and there is still plenty of time to join!) the power of... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Bright Beginnings: Art Every Day Month 2012 - Poetry, Pendants and Presence

  

  I’m still playing with how to post my art this year. I used to aim for as close to 9 pm possible here on the West Coast, but with my recuperation from surgery,... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION