Jill Harper-Judd
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I've been writing poetry and short stories since childhood....but my life has often been chaotic so (mental) space to write can be hard to find. I am a lover of words and the worlds we can create with them. I seek beauty in all things.
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5 tips to avoid buying a money pit
I am on a first name basis with my “junk guy”. His name is George. He has a couple of kids, put in a pool last year, and is starting up an English-speaking travel agency in Mexico. By any measure, George is doing well. But he’s also a good guy. After he put his pool in, he used the excess dirt and fill from that project to level out my eroding back yard -at no charge. Which I appreciated, because I bought a money pit.
By Jill Harper-Judd2 years ago in Lifehack
Bird, tree, snow
I’ve been at the café for an hour or so – I was way early and had already finished my coffee and an egg on toast. I don’t mind waiting…I’ve got my notebook and am busy making lists, thinking about writing, staring out the window into the snowy street and the storefronts beyond that. More snow is on its way, but I’m not too worried. I moved up here specifically for the weather and I enjoy it- the cold, brisk air, the snowflakes like fluff that melt on my hat or gloves. I love hiking through the woods, my boots crunching through crisp snow while I watch for birds hidden in the thickets or up in the denuded trees. And I love the way the white covers and muffles the tawdry evidence of modern life and commerce - gravel parking lots, shabby storefronts, abandoned gas stations; it never ceases to make me smile when I see the way dead grass and pot-holed roads are smoothed and gentled by a shining white blanket of fresh snow.
By Jill Harper-Judd2 years ago in Chapters
