It’s my birthday and I’ll dance if I want to. 😉 Actually, I’m sharing a little birthing story and giving deep thanks to my mom. I’m celebrating and honoring my mom’s beautiful soul and carrying on her legacy of love. … Continued
Creating art has been such a healing activity for me again and again. Mingling intuition and intention, the painting below feels like a healing touch for body, heart, and spirit. Maybe it will touch you as well. It was inspired … Continued
* Note: This blog post was written before moving from the Loving Rd domain/website to Thrive True for technical reasons and before adopting the pen name Julia Ostara (which is just 2 letters different than my married name and sounds … Continued
Sharing the story (and hence, part of my story) of one of my paintings from the Bloom True class. Â I’m calling this painting “Love Within”. Â It’s not quite done, but the last official class lesson was today and the assignment … Continued
Happy Birthday to me, and to you, too!  May all your wishes come true.  Here’s a little story I’d like to tell… about birthday wishes coming true. 🙂  What a year it has been!  Living the dream, finally! 🙂 Thanks to … Continued
Do you have the song in your head now, too? 😉 Little fireworks have been going off in my head and heart this morning! This is not the blog post I intended to write next, but this is what is … Continued
While reading an art journaling magazine last night (full of beautiful pages by other people), I found myself thinking about my scrapbooking experience. I confess that I fell in love with the “idea” of scrapbooking. I had even made photo … Continued