Julia Stories

2020’s Silver Linings

2020 was the worst year ever - agreed? No arguments there! But at the end of this crazy, devestating year, what crumbs of goodness and hope can we find? In my ... Read More...

Still Not Leaving the House

The pandemic was, at one point, a nationally unifying experience. We were all at home, stunned, baking banana bread. A little giddy. A little scared. Keeping ou... Read More...

Smootherator

It's a little known fact about the human anatomy that we each have a Smootherator - that flits between heart, mind, and hand - staying, smoothing, soothing our ... Read More...

Gray Hair in the Iso-verse

I think there is a general dawning among us in the Iso-verse that hair care is... essential. A few weeks/years ago, I was in a group chat among writers from ... Read More...

I fell and the world stopped

On November 11th, I had just bought a house. I was about to begin a 5-day free Write Without the Fight challenge in my FB group. I had stubbed my baby toe. I wa... Read More...

A Eulogy for Our Dog Dottie

Dear old Dottie is a cockapoo of atypical coloration. She's white with black spots. In fact, she has a large black spot on her face, and that eye is dark. Her o... Read More...