Julianne Couch
@wyojay.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, armchair adventurer, not-very-good musician, adored by my dog, and loved by some others.
Do you ever wonder about the who, where, what, and especially the why of the life you are in right now? Yes? Me too. That's why I wrote Searching for Here: Mapping an Unfenced Life. It isn't about me having the answers. It's about me having the questions.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Do you ever wonder about the who, where, what, and especially the why of the life you are in right now? Yes? Me too. That's why I wrote Searching for Here: Mapping an Unfenced Life. It isn't about me having the answers. It's about me having the questions.
www.juliannecouch.net
www.juliannecouch.net
My latest weekly post on Substack open.substack.com/pub/julianne...
When the doorbell rings, answer it
We were sitting on our back deck, listening to music through the open kitchen screen door, enjoying a late spring supper.
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June 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Sorry for the commercial, but did I mention my new book is out, after 6 years of writing, revisings, and sweating?
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Searching for Here: Mapping an Unfenced Life
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June 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Sorry for the commercial, but did I mention my new book is out, after 6 years of writing, revisings, and sweating?
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Fabulous day at the Hands Off rally in Decorah, Iowa. open.substack.com/pub/julianne...
Rallying together, with eagle
First, let me say the world doesn’t especially need my report on yesterday’s Hands Off rally in Decorah, Iowa.
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April 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fabulous day at the Hands Off rally in Decorah, Iowa. open.substack.com/pub/julianne...
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Like most of us, I'm grateful for consellation where I find it.
Like most of us, I'm grateful for consellation where I find it.
Consolation in constellations
Searching for Here
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March 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Like most of us, I'm grateful for consellation where I find it.
Like most of us, I'm grateful for consellation where I find it.
I feel like there's a better way to refer to women, other than "moms." As in, "She's a mom who is trying to find healthy food at the grocery store."
Even if they are actual mothers. It's so...reductive.
Even if they are actual mothers. It's so...reductive.
February 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I feel like there's a better way to refer to women, other than "moms." As in, "She's a mom who is trying to find healthy food at the grocery store."
Even if they are actual mothers. It's so...reductive.
Even if they are actual mothers. It's so...reductive.
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For now at least, the people still have their voices — and they’re speaking. Politicians of every stripe would be well-advised to listen. A Yakima Herald-Republic editorial.
Opinion: Message at Yakima rally was loud, clear — and civil
This country was founded on a simple but bold idea: empowering the people.
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February 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
For now at least, the people still have their voices — and they’re speaking. Politicians of every stripe would be well-advised to listen. A Yakima Herald-Republic editorial.
At the doctor's office waiting room. A guy just set his next appointment for a year from today. Tuesday afternoons are best. Now that's resilience.
February 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
At the doctor's office waiting room. A guy just set his next appointment for a year from today. Tuesday afternoons are best. Now that's resilience.
Wondering if I should apply for soc sec and etc before full retirement age while there's still a government to administer it....
February 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Wondering if I should apply for soc sec and etc before full retirement age while there's still a government to administer it....
As a teacher, I see lots of names and notice lots of naming trends. Not all of them good.
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Goodbye McKenzie, Hello Iliarian Quest
First the first time in at least a decade, I don’t know anyone named Mackenzie.
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February 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As a teacher, I see lots of names and notice lots of naming trends. Not all of them good.
open.substack.com/pub/julianne...
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Hope you enjoy this brief essay about small town life, with a smattering of Stephen Crane added in.
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Guy loses gun, asks police for help,
Or, Scratchy Wilson goes home
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January 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hope you enjoy this brief essay about small town life, with a smattering of Stephen Crane added in.
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juliannecouch.substack.com/p/guy-loses-...
I believe today is the best day President X will ever have.
January 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I believe today is the best day President X will ever have.
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The Sky, the Sea, and the solace of recalling the past
On the return of President X
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January 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I suppose I should mention I'm a writer (who isn't) with a Substack, free. juliannecouch.substack.com
And a website. www.juliannecouch.net
And a book coming out this spring. www.amazon.com/stores/Julia...
Could I be more obnoxious? We'll find out.
And a website. www.juliannecouch.net
And a book coming out this spring. www.amazon.com/stores/Julia...
Could I be more obnoxious? We'll find out.
You Live Where? | Julianne Couch | Substack
Julianne Couch lives in a county in northeast Iowa, with a population of 29 people per square mile. Her Substack focuses on observations about life in small town rural Midwestern America. You don't ha...
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January 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I suppose I should mention I'm a writer (who isn't) with a Substack, free. juliannecouch.substack.com
And a website. www.juliannecouch.net
And a book coming out this spring. www.amazon.com/stores/Julia...
Could I be more obnoxious? We'll find out.
And a website. www.juliannecouch.net
And a book coming out this spring. www.amazon.com/stores/Julia...
Could I be more obnoxious? We'll find out.
Just realized some of my best friends are long-dead authors. Is that weird?
January 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Just realized some of my best friends are long-dead authors. Is that weird?
Yes! I made the way past the trolls under the bridge, aka tech issue. I'm here and very glad to contribute. What I'll contribute exactly, I have no idea. But I'm sure we'll have a grand time.
January 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Yes! I made the way past the trolls under the bridge, aka tech issue. I'm here and very glad to contribute. What I'll contribute exactly, I have no idea. But I'm sure we'll have a grand time.