Julie explores life with curiosity, creativity, and connection. I share observations with humor, offering perspective on the world and how it shapes us—lightening life’s complexities along the way.
(Or: How My House Entered Witness Protection) There comes a sacred moment every December when you look at your to-do list — the one you created in early November while sipping something warm and aspirational — and realize it was written by a completely different person. A person with energy. Optimism.
Also Known As: The Calm Before the Tinsel Storm Dear Friends, If Christmas were a play (and it is), today would be the dress rehearsal where everyone pretends they’re ready, no one actually is, and someone realizes they bought six boxes of butter but forgot the eggs. Welcome to
1. Declare a “No New Plans” Rule Whatever is already on the calendar stays. Whatever isn’t… politely waits until January. This is not laziness. This is seasonal wisdom. 2. Put on Music That Makes the House Feel Alive Not background music. Commitment music. Holiday jazz, Motown Christmas, French café
Yesterday (or possibly sometime between a court filing and a rage-post at 2:17 a.m.), social media did what social media does best: It mocked power with Photoshop. You may have seen the image floating around — a presidential portrait accompanied by a very… enthusiastic plaque. Not subtle. Not
Friends, gather round the twinkling lights and half-dead poinsettia, because I bring you shocking seasonal news. The Elf on the Shelf has had enough. Yes. That elf. The smug little snitch in the red felt suit who appears nightly, rearranges your kitchen chairs into a crime scene, and then
Let me tell you about my new hobby. It’s called arguing with men on the internet who swear their loneliness has absolutely nothing to do with them. Apparently, it’s feminism’s fault. It’s women’s fault. It’s TikTok’s fault. It’s the economy’s fault.
From Occupy Democrats: BREAKING: Right-wing Christians REVOLT against Trump’s disgusting celebration of Rob Reiner’s tragic murder. The beating heart of MAGA has finally had enough. Donald Trump’s response to the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife didn’t just shock Hollywood—it detonated outrage across
When Frida Kahlo died, her husband locked a room in their house. It stayed sealed for fifty years. Because apparently even in death, a woman’s life needed a man to decide when the world was “ready” for it. In 1954, Diego Rivera stood inside La Casa Azul—the brilliant
A Short History Lesson We Probably Should Have Learned First Before we roll our eyes, dismiss it outright, or forward a snarky meme, let’s slow down and do something radical: Look at the history. Because the claim that Jingle Bells has racist origins didn’t appear out of nowhere
Ah, December. A month for twinkling lights, warm drinks, and — if you’re Donald J. Trump — casually suggesting that a major American news network should be forced into a hostage sale because it hurt your feelings. Nothing says “Merry Christmas” quite like an aspiring autocrat demanding control over the national
What Russia’s Lost Progress Teaches American Women in 2025 Dear Friends, Some stories echo across continents. Some warnings travel through time. And some lessons arrive wrapped like a gift from history — the kind you open slowly, the paper trembling, because you know what’s inside might change how you
Late-Night Shenanigans, Presidential Delusions & the Sounds of a Mind Unraveling Well friends, pour yourself a cup of courage (or Chardonnay) because the former Guy-With-the-Nuclear-Codes had himself a late-night meltdown so dramatic it could have qualified for an Emmy—if only delusion counted as