Julia Schulz
Bio
I enjoy crafting poetry and telling stories. I especially love being in the "zone" when I take a deep dive with my subject matter, developing characters and settings and researching topics like history and sustainable living.
Stories (39/0)
Hiraeth
My friend posted the following word on her Facebook page. I LOVED it and had to try and use it for the home challenge. Although I am of Welsh ancestry and a fan of Dylan Thomas, I suppose I run the risk of misunderstanding and misusing the term. Yet, I will endeavor...
By Julia Schulz3 years ago in Poets
The Kindergarten Cartologist
I am fascinated by naive maps. In the late 1980's my college art professor handmade a map of SoHo and the surrounding areas for a field trip and wrote "bad guys" in the area where he and his wife, also an art professor, were previously mugged. I chuckled to myself at the "here be monsters" caption. More recently, a blond, slightly mischievous cherub at daycare surreptitiously slid a folded slip of paper to me under the door of the room in which I was working. It was one of many treasure maps that he created indicating my house and a hidden treasure. (Apparently his dad or grandpa took him and his brother metal detecting.) Aside from the fact that pirates did not generally bury gold doubloons in landlocked Pennsylvania, I quickly discovered my real treasure was in asking him to describe the features of his maps, which included a place where "witches fell on their bottoms in the mud" and such imaginative details.
By Julia Schulz3 years ago in Poets
Are Original Formulas Always Better???
Back in the 1990's I had ordered a men's cologne sampler for my then boyfriend, Jason, from Caswell-Massey, the oldest apothecary brand in the United States dating back to 1752. I really liked their botanical scents and commitment to refrain from animal testing. Jason really liked the citrusy scent of Number Six, reportedly from the original formula that George Washington enjoyed. Yet, as an advocate for endangered species, I wondered...wouldn't an original formula from the 1700's contain ingredients derived from whales?!?!?
By Julia Schulz3 years ago in Earth
The Lyric-less Song
Angela was enjoying an unusually cool and sun-kissed late summer’s day, sensing some hope and excitement as she walked along the street lined with stately mansions and carried the box of precious Belgian lace, shielding it carefully from the mud and manure splashed by passing carriages. The recently wealthy Mrs. Whitcomb had purchased the lace as part of Mr. Hoover’s war lace program designed to alleviate the suffering of the Belgian people caught in the riptide of the Great War’s trade embargo. Sixteen-year-old Angela would help her Mama sew the lace into a beautiful wedding gown custom ordered for the Whitcomb’s eldest daughter. Wouldn’t their landlord be surprised when they paid their rent ahead of time!
By Julia Schulz3 years ago in Fiction
So I Baked Christmas Cookies for Strip Clubs....
My former classmate from elementary school, Michele, was much more politically conservative than me, but we shared a Christian faith. She had commented on Facebook that we should care about people at least as much as we care about animals. I made no apologies for Creation stewardship and care for endangered species, but maybe she had a point. My Mom and I shared a passion for wildlife, especially wolves and bears supported by Defender's of Wildlife, but Mom also had recently moved more toward people-centered charities like St. Jude's. Maybe I, too, needed to be more balanced in caring for people as well as animals.
By Julia Schulz3 years ago in Humans
Nora's Angel
I WROTE THIS POEM FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS NEW TO DAYCARE AND TRYING TO GET A HYPER-VIGILANT TODDLER TO SLEEP DURING NAP TIME. I HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A STORY ABOUT THE NEED TO OPEN THE LARGE CATHEDRAL DOORS IN NEW YORK CITY TO ALLOW AN ELEPHANT TO RECEIVE A BLESSING ON ST. FRANCIS'S FEAST DAY!
By Julia Schulz3 years ago in Poets