Julie Jordan Scott
@juliejordanscott.bsky.social
Sharing stories, Tree Hugs, Poetry + Hope & Optimism based in reality. Grateful for each person who engages with me here. Californian in the 💙 now living in New Jersey.
Good morning #5amwritersclub! Holiday weeks mess with my flow every time. Hope your writing is smooth and satisfying, even if you’re celebrating. Use the photo for a visual with breathing exercises if necessary. lol
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Good morning #5amwritersclub! Holiday weeks mess with my flow every time. Hope your writing is smooth and satisfying, even if you’re celebrating. Use the photo for a visual with breathing exercises if necessary. lol
Two truths &
a lie
Everyday
is children’s day
Gratitude
is always relevant
Your brothers
torment you
unmercilously because
they love you -
#vss365 #vsspoetry
a lie
Everyday
is children’s day
Gratitude
is always relevant
Your brothers
torment you
unmercilously because
they love you -
#vss365 #vsspoetry
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Two truths &
a lie
Everyday
is children’s day
Gratitude
is always relevant
Your brothers
torment you
unmercilously because
they love you -
#vss365 #vsspoetry
a lie
Everyday
is children’s day
Gratitude
is always relevant
Your brothers
torment you
unmercilously because
they love you -
#vss365 #vsspoetry
“How may I become more defiantly and joyfully myself, both on the page and off?” This question inspired by George Saunders - perfect for a Monday morning. #iamgrateful
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“How may I become more defiantly and joyfully myself, both on the page and off?” This question inspired by George Saunders - perfect for a Monday morning. #iamgrateful
Finally finishing up reading “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote. The ending sounds quite different than the beginning - and I’m glad to have finally read it. I wonder how different the movie is?
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Finally finishing up reading “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote. The ending sounds quite different than the beginning - and I’m glad to have finally read it. I wonder how different the movie is?
It’s simple and it’s not
when one’s only tiny
goal is to sleep for
another hour.
#vss365 #vsspoetry #goal
when one’s only tiny
goal is to sleep for
another hour.
#vss365 #vsspoetry #goal
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It’s simple and it’s not
when one’s only tiny
goal is to sleep for
another hour.
#vss365 #vsspoetry #goal
when one’s only tiny
goal is to sleep for
another hour.
#vss365 #vsspoetry #goal
Good morning #5amwritersclub. Woke up a couple hours ago. Hopefully l’ll get my rhythms back to normal but for now I’ll get some writing done!
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Good morning #5amwritersclub. Woke up a couple hours ago. Hopefully l’ll get my rhythms back to normal but for now I’ll get some writing done!
Tonight I was going to do something fun alone. At just the moment it was about to begin, a mother and a young boy were standing in front of me. I whispered to the Mom, “would you two like to….” On the ride he said “This is a dream come true!” Joy.
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Tonight I was going to do something fun alone. At just the moment it was about to begin, a mother and a young boy were standing in front of me. I whispered to the Mom, “would you two like to….” On the ride he said “This is a dream come true!” Joy.
I started reading my first Christmas novel of the season today! For whatever reason, this makes me
Unreasonably happy.
Unreasonably happy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I started reading my first Christmas novel of the season today! For whatever reason, this makes me
Unreasonably happy.
Unreasonably happy.
the dream-myth lurched back and forth
forth and back on the railroad tracks
of my past. It was trying to
tell me something.
Yesterday’s vast villains
populating your inner myths
may actually be helpers in
tomorrow’s reality.
#vss365 #vss365poetry #rolloverandwrite
forth and back on the railroad tracks
of my past. It was trying to
tell me something.
Yesterday’s vast villains
populating your inner myths
may actually be helpers in
tomorrow’s reality.
#vss365 #vss365poetry #rolloverandwrite
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
the dream-myth lurched back and forth
forth and back on the railroad tracks
of my past. It was trying to
tell me something.
Yesterday’s vast villains
populating your inner myths
may actually be helpers in
tomorrow’s reality.
#vss365 #vss365poetry #rolloverandwrite
forth and back on the railroad tracks
of my past. It was trying to
tell me something.
Yesterday’s vast villains
populating your inner myths
may actually be helpers in
tomorrow’s reality.
#vss365 #vss365poetry #rolloverandwrite
autumn signals a
return. Wiggles of doubt
Invade the veins in my
neck. Residual aftershocks
from the years when
educators failed my child.
Battles, misunderstandings
followed. Trust, impossible
to glean.
deep autumn, again
#vss365 #vsspoetry
return. Wiggles of doubt
Invade the veins in my
neck. Residual aftershocks
from the years when
educators failed my child.
Battles, misunderstandings
followed. Trust, impossible
to glean.
deep autumn, again
#vss365 #vsspoetry
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
autumn signals a
return. Wiggles of doubt
Invade the veins in my
neck. Residual aftershocks
from the years when
educators failed my child.
Battles, misunderstandings
followed. Trust, impossible
to glean.
deep autumn, again
#vss365 #vsspoetry
return. Wiggles of doubt
Invade the veins in my
neck. Residual aftershocks
from the years when
educators failed my child.
Battles, misunderstandings
followed. Trust, impossible
to glean.
deep autumn, again
#vss365 #vsspoetry
Good morning, #5amwriterfriends! Let’s love our words into being! #amwriting
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Good morning, #5amwriterfriends! Let’s love our words into being! #amwriting
One of my first memories was being excited about going to school because that was the magical place I would FINALLY learn to read! I was an early rule follower... thankfully THAT changed! Was born into a family of readers, gave birth to a family of readers. Looking forward to #Bookvember. #amreading
November 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
One of my first memories was being excited about going to school because that was the magical place I would FINALLY learn to read! I was an early rule follower... thankfully THAT changed! Was born into a family of readers, gave birth to a family of readers. Looking forward to #Bookvember. #amreading
YES! I am participating in a Novel Writing Challenge with a Writing Group I belong to - am incredibly grateful to be working on fiction again after a long focus on Non-Fiction with poetry breathers. :-) Also my first time responding to a #pretendpanel prompt. (Hope I am doing this sort of right?)
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
YES! I am participating in a Novel Writing Challenge with a Writing Group I belong to - am incredibly grateful to be working on fiction again after a long focus on Non-Fiction with poetry breathers. :-) Also my first time responding to a #pretendpanel prompt. (Hope I am doing this sort of right?)
Happy Sunday Morning, #5amwritersclub! This first day of Falling back sometimes feels better than Christmas morning. Extra time! That artificial feeling of extra time!
Today I am working on my older adult romance novella + my daily note to my readers.
What are you up to on this fine day?
Today I am working on my older adult romance novella + my daily note to my readers.
What are you up to on this fine day?
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Happy Sunday Morning, #5amwritersclub! This first day of Falling back sometimes feels better than Christmas morning. Extra time! That artificial feeling of extra time!
Today I am working on my older adult romance novella + my daily note to my readers.
What are you up to on this fine day?
Today I am working on my older adult romance novella + my daily note to my readers.
What are you up to on this fine day?
I’m about to head North 🙂 my ritual for now. I’m ready to start feeling settled again. Yesterday was fun.
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I’m about to head North 🙂 my ritual for now. I’m ready to start feeling settled again. Yesterday was fun.
Good morning, #5amwritersclub! This morning I’ve been the one in the corner curled up with a poetry collection. Soooo goooood. Couldn’t stop until I was finished! Enjoy this Halloween 🎃 day! #amreading #amwriting
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Good morning, #5amwritersclub! This morning I’ve been the one in the corner curled up with a poetry collection. Soooo goooood. Couldn’t stop until I was finished! Enjoy this Halloween 🎃 day! #amreading #amwriting
How can it be
I haven’t written a
#vss365 poem since
nostalgia overtook me
on June 30.
Today, a sparking ray
of a word eclipsed my view -
here, I begin
again
I haven’t written a
#vss365 poem since
nostalgia overtook me
on June 30.
Today, a sparking ray
of a word eclipsed my view -
here, I begin
again
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How can it be
I haven’t written a
#vss365 poem since
nostalgia overtook me
on June 30.
Today, a sparking ray
of a word eclipsed my view -
here, I begin
again
I haven’t written a
#vss365 poem since
nostalgia overtook me
on June 30.
Today, a sparking ray
of a word eclipsed my view -
here, I begin
again
Signs of Life 1/?
Awake at 4:50 am and she switches the light on
reaches for the book she fell asleep with
knows where to find the pen to jot her
first words of the day
“We did it.”
The body that once failed her
kept the beat going.
Again.
Awake at 4:50 am and she switches the light on
reaches for the book she fell asleep with
knows where to find the pen to jot her
first words of the day
“We did it.”
The body that once failed her
kept the beat going.
Again.
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Signs of Life 1/?
Awake at 4:50 am and she switches the light on
reaches for the book she fell asleep with
knows where to find the pen to jot her
first words of the day
“We did it.”
The body that once failed her
kept the beat going.
Again.
Awake at 4:50 am and she switches the light on
reaches for the book she fell asleep with
knows where to find the pen to jot her
first words of the day
“We did it.”
The body that once failed her
kept the beat going.
Again.
Today I am grateful I had a moment of joyful prayer with this enormous Oak tree. I prayed for the American Government… and the wind that whipped up was just coincidental? Maybe so, but I felt blessed, very blessed.
#377TreeHugs
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#377TreeHugs
#ThickTrunkTuesday
October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today I am grateful I had a moment of joyful prayer with this enormous Oak tree. I prayed for the American Government… and the wind that whipped up was just coincidental? Maybe so, but I felt blessed, very blessed.
#377TreeHugs
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#377TreeHugs
#ThickTrunkTuesday
So interesting how my natural clock is
back to waking me before #5amwritersclub begins.
I’m so grateful.
I’m also grateful I tromped around the woods 12 hours ago.
back to waking me before #5amwritersclub begins.
I’m so grateful.
I’m also grateful I tromped around the woods 12 hours ago.
October 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
So interesting how my natural clock is
back to waking me before #5amwritersclub begins.
I’m so grateful.
I’m also grateful I tromped around the woods 12 hours ago.
back to waking me before #5amwritersclub begins.
I’m so grateful.
I’m also grateful I tromped around the woods 12 hours ago.
Written in 2021 when I was hugging 377 trees in 377 days. "People sometimes ask why I hug trees.
Because they’re there. And hugging them brings me joy (even though getting to joy sometimes takes a while.) #377treehugs #treehuggerandproud
Because they’re there. And hugging them brings me joy (even though getting to joy sometimes takes a while.) #377treehugs #treehuggerandproud
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Written in 2021 when I was hugging 377 trees in 377 days. "People sometimes ask why I hug trees.
Because they’re there. And hugging them brings me joy (even though getting to joy sometimes takes a while.) #377treehugs #treehuggerandproud
Because they’re there. And hugging them brings me joy (even though getting to joy sometimes takes a while.) #377treehugs #treehuggerandproud
Signs of life: enjoying reading and jotting, jotting and reading after sleeping all night. Awake without alarm at my favorite dark hour. This is what the outcome of a peaceful brain looks like. #amreading #amwriting
October 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Signs of life: enjoying reading and jotting, jotting and reading after sleeping all night. Awake without alarm at my favorite dark hour. This is what the outcome of a peaceful brain looks like. #amreading #amwriting
My treasure hunts this weekend seeking guidance & contemplative thought around this question “How may I become more defiantly and joyfully myself,
both in video and off AND on the page and off?” was inspired by a quote in George Saunders book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.” Results? YES!
both in video and off AND on the page and off?” was inspired by a quote in George Saunders book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.” Results? YES!
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My treasure hunts this weekend seeking guidance & contemplative thought around this question “How may I become more defiantly and joyfully myself,
both in video and off AND on the page and off?” was inspired by a quote in George Saunders book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.” Results? YES!
both in video and off AND on the page and off?” was inspired by a quote in George Saunders book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.” Results? YES!
October 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I've given myself a creative assignment this weekend. I am going to explore my internal geography for places where I was defiantly and joyfully myself. I have often found this when hugging trees, especially with a notebook & pen or a book I am reading in one of my hands. #377treehugs #amwriting
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I've given myself a creative assignment this weekend. I am going to explore my internal geography for places where I was defiantly and joyfully myself. I have often found this when hugging trees, especially with a notebook & pen or a book I am reading in one of my hands. #377treehugs #amwriting