How is your new year starting out? Did you have any favorite highlights from 2025? What do you hope to accomplish in 2026? A quick shout out to some long-time followers: Karyl, Sue H-m, mage1999, Mike, and Tony Self. I’m happy to see you all! Right now on my slab of the concrete jungle, we’re…
The Reflective Season
Where I live, we’ve hit the time of year when nights are long and days are all to brief. And in Ohio, the sun doesn’t shine often enough to suit me. A friend invited me to go see her on the Gulf of America and I’m thinking about how great that could be. My best…
Feast of Dedication
To all of my faithful readers, I appreciate you so much. My wishes for you, are: That your days would be filled with joy, your nights with warmth and safety.That your mouth would be filled with song and mind would be at peace. That your heart would rejoice for all that you’ve been given.That your…
Thankful
I couldn’t be more grateful to have shared this year with you. I appreciate your faithfulness in showing up to read these posts. It means a lot to me. Stay warm and wonderful! From all of us at Juli Ocean Ghostwriting, we wish you a blessed and meaningful Thanksgiving!
For The Girls: To Your Health!
It’s been two years since I signed up with Women for Sobriety New Life Program. I’d been sober for about six years by then, but one morning I suddenly felt “at risk.” I’d tried AA several years before. As one who understands the profound and lasting effect of words, I could not embrace the hypnotic…
Calling to Writers of Faith
I love new beginnings. Five days ago, our pencils were sharpened and new pens were waiting in their holders with a stack of pristine composition books at the ready! Maybe you had your keyboard air blasted and wiped down, your screen dusted and your laptop freshly charged and ready for National Novel Writing Month–Hands On…
Where Does Help Come From?
How are you, my friend? I hope you’re enjoying this amazing Autumn season. The trees in my neighborhood seem to be conspiring to keep their greenery as long as possible. Only today have a seen the slightest paling of their leaves. I’m looking forward to an explosion of color Earlier this week I had the…
Writers, Start Your Engines
Where are you sinking your 50k words this fall?
Do Ancient Curses Still Apply?
I did not know Charlie Kirk, but I am deeply grieved by the violent censorship of his voice and the mockery that comes on the heels of his death. For years we’ve allowed people who do not have our best interests at heart to tear at the fabric of what our country stands for. Charlie…
Is Journaling Worth It?
Thoughts on the value of keeping a thought record.
Lessons From the Vinedresser
Increase personal growth with judicious pruning.
Where The High Road Takes You
A warm welcome to Sharon’s Writers Tidbits, Jeremy Empie, DHtracybrinkman, and Tony “T-Bird” Burgess. It’s great having you join us! I stood outside this morning looking at a marigold plant with two blooms. One facing down, the other looking up. One looking tired and beat down, the other appearing to be filled with joy and…
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