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Author Archives: Julie Ann Luoma

Shift: Mourning Mindfully

I’m pretty sure I killed it. Of course, it wasn’t intentional. I remember hearing an expletive (and I was alone in the car, so it must have been me) when I watched it in the rearview mirror, a tumble of feathers somersaulting, the momentum flopping it sideways over and over when it hit the ground, […]

Posted byJulie Ann LuomaJuly 8, 2013Posted inPONDERINGTags: douglas, julie, minfully, mourning, shift

Shift: One Woman’s Treasure

I have a new guy in my life. His name is Dusty. He’s from Texas. We met, of all places, in a second-hand store. I must have gasped when I saw him. The woman standing next to me put a hand firmly on my elbow, dragging my gaze back from two aisles over, to her […]

Posted byJulie Ann LuomaMay 2, 2013Posted inPONDERINGTags: dusty, Julie Ann Luoma, one woman's treasure, shift

Shift: It’s in the Bag

My husband decided he wanted a project for his retirement. Music keeps an aging brain nimble and alert, he’d heard. And he was proud of his Scots heritage, so he settled on the bagpipes. And, with goodwill and dutiful support, I encouraged him. I, who was familiar with such extraordinary instruments as the piano, the […]

Posted byJulie Ann LuomaMarch 6, 2013Posted inPONDERINGTags: It's in the bag, Julie Ann Luoma

Shift: Crash Course

I took a whole year off. Cold turkey. No explanations. No make-up. No mascara, no lip liner, no eyeliner. No nothing. Naked face to the world. The idea: to focus on inner beauty, prove to myself that I had value beyond how I look. That, and to wean myself from the vice of vanity that […]

Posted byJulie Ann LuomaJanuary 7, 2013Posted inPONDERINGTags: Crash Course, Julie Ann Luoma

Shift – Up Close and Personal

Chickens. It was a whole new world. We got Betty and Boop from a neighbouring island and brought the girls home to weed the garden. They cluck and trill and scratch and poop. They bathe in the dust and nest in the coop. Oh, the reciprocity: I keep them healthy and safe, they peck and […]

Posted byJulie Ann LuomaNovember 13, 2012November 13, 2012Posted inPONDERINGTags: chickens, Julie Ann Luoma, Shift – Up Close and Personal

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