Archive - Writing with Julie

This Isn't the Column I Wanted to Write

Mar 15 •

Julie Christine Johnson

December 2023

Solstice and a Story

I wrote the opening words to this post as the light faded on the shortest day of the year, the closing words as black lifted to blue early the next…

Dec 22, 2023 •

Julie Christine Johnson

October 2023

Suddenly it’s late October. Azure August skies have given way to the deep amber light of autumn. With the first frost behind us, we’ve harvested squash…

Oct 30, 2023 •

Julie Christine Johnson

August 2023

It's Been a Minute...

… plus two years and a wee bit. I’ve been holding my breath, holding my words — at least here — anticipating that the right thing to write would come to…

Aug 7, 2023 •

Julie Christine Johnson

May 2021

Write. Read. Repeat.

Welcome to Writing with Julie by me, Julie Christine Johnson, award-winning author, cat wrangler, yogini and early morning enthusiast.

May 17, 2021 •

Julie Christine Johnson

December 2020

Desiderata: Favorite Reads of 2020

Desiderata (things desired): An monthly occasional review of books recently read. As I write, the good folks of Beijing, Auckland, New Delhi, Tokyo and…

Dec 31, 2020 •

Julie Christine Johnson

Conjunction Junction

Tonight, on this most sacred date of the year — the Winter Solstice — a most extraordinary event will occur. For the first time since March 5, 1226, the…

Dec 21, 2020 •

Julie Christine Johnson

September 2020

Desiderata: Summer's End Edition

Desiderata (things desired): An monthly occasional review of books recently read. My sweetheart and I have a running disagreement regarding autumn's…

Sep 7, 2020 •

Julie Christine Johnson

August 2020

The Spider Season

The first one was waiting in the kitchen, pre-dawn. The cats ran down the hall ahead of me, their wriggly, wiry little bodies ever-joyful to start a new…

Aug 20, 2020 •

Julie Christine Johnson

July 2020

Desiderata: the COVID Edition

Desiderata (things desired): An monthly occasional review of books recently read On March 12, I collected a short stack of books — four novels and a…

Jul 6, 2020 •

Julie Christine Johnson

June 2020

The Only Time We Have*

I've written a dozen blog posts in my mind since March. I've even started a few of them here, half-paragraphs, lists, an attempt to chronicle and…

Jun 15, 2020 •

Julie Christine Johnson

March 2020

Desiderata: The Best Reads of February

Desiderata (things desired): A monthly review of books recently read My reading life took a hit in February. If you are a regular reader of this blog…

Mar 16, 2020 •

Julie Christine Johnson

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