Movers arrived, albeit 7 hours late, and I did final packing for the plane. The lateness of movers finally pushed me over the edge and I thought I was going to break down completely but did not. Thanks to friends who stuck around and showed up in and between the saga, especially Cath and Sal. I am very lucky in the friendship department. Not so much with the movers, who had misspelled my name on the labels, etc. My confidence is at an all time low with them, but I had no choice at this stage but to hope they would rectify everything and the stuff will make it eventually to NYC. It's nerve-wracking.
Said goodbye to more dear people in my life and just feel like I will never stop crying. Also said goodbye to Bill, my husband from whom I am separated and that was about as much fun as I'm sure you can imagine it was.
Weirdly enough today, another rabbit appeared, this one a white albino rabbit to compliment the black one. Others witnessed it, thank God/dess or I too would doubt my sanity. While I freaked out all day, they placidly munched grass and plants in the back garden.
So, the boxes are out of my hands - all 53 of them - and now I am off to bed. Up early to fly to NYC via Iceland (!) Good night and please wish me safe passage and I wish you many blessings.
Welcome to my blog..
"We struggle with dream figures and our blows fall on living faces." Maurice Merleau-Ponty
I am now transitioning into being married again with a new surname (Barclay-Morton). John is transitioning from Canada to NYC and as of June 2014 has a green card. So transition continues, but now from sad to happy, from loss to love...from a sense of alienation to a sense of being at home in the world.
As of September 2013 I started teaching writing as an adjunct professor at Fordham University, which I have discovered I love with an almost irrational passion. While was blessed for the opportunity, after four years of being an adjunct, the lack of pay combined with heavy work load stopped working, so have transferred this teaching passion to private workshops in NYC and working with writers one on one, which I adore. I will die a happy person if I never have to grade an assignment ever again. As of 2018, I also started leading writing retreats to my beloved Orkney Islands. If you ever want two weeks that will restore your soul and give you time and space to write, get in touch. I am leading two retreats this year in July and September.
I worked full time on the book thanks to a successful crowd-funding campaign in May 2014 and completed it at two residencies at Vermont Studio Center and Wisdom House in summer 2015. I have done some revisions and am shopping it around to agents and publishers now, along with a new book recently completed.
I now work full-time as a freelance writer, writing workshop leader, coach, editor and writing retreat leader. Contact me if you are interested in any of these services.
Not sure when transition ends, if it ever does. As the saying goes, the only difference between a sad ending and a happy ending is where you stop rolling the film.
For professional information, publications, etc., go to my linked in profile and website for Barclay Morton Editorial & Design. My Twitter account is @wilhelminapitfa. You can find me on Facebook under my full name Julia Lee Barclay-Morton. More about my grandmothers' book: The Amazing True Imaginary Autobiography of Dick & Jani
In 2017, I launched a website Our Grandmothers, Our Selves, which has stories about many people's grandmothers. Please check it out. You can also contact me through that site.
In May, I directed my newest play, On the edge of/a cure, and have finally updated my publications list, which now includes an award-winning chapbook of my short-story White shoe lady, which you can find on the sidebar. I also have become a certified yoga instructor in the Kripalu lineage. What a year!
And FINALLY, I have created a website, which I hope you will visit, The Unadapted Ones. I will keep this blog site up, since it is a record of over 8 years of my life, but will eventually be blogging more at the website, so if you want to know what I am up to with my writing, teaching, retreats and so on, the site is the place to check (and to subscribe for updates). After eight years I realized, no, I'm never turning into One Thing. So The Unadapted Ones embraces the multiplicity that comprises whomever I am, which seems to always be shifting. That may in fact be reality for everyone, but will speak for myself here. So, do visit there and thanks for coming here, too. Glad to meet you on the journey...
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Safe passage, Julia! Thinking good thoughts for you, my dear.
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Dear Julia, good luck good luck good luck! I think the rabbit story says it all. One rabbit, munching away, in peace - what a great sign. Two rabbits, you may know from Jungian Psychology, means something really special and important and powerful is going on, so double peace. A white albino rabbit, now that is very very special, some religions are awaiting the albino, the white one, as the saviour! And to top it, it's the Chinese year of the rabbit, a lucky sign. "According to Chinese tradition, the Rabbit brings a year in which you can catch your breath and calm your nerves. It is a time for negotiation. Don't try to force issues, because if you do you will ultimately fail. To gain the greatest benefits from this time, focus on home, family, security, diplomacy, and your relationships with women and children. Make it a goal to create a safe, peaceful lifestyle, so you will be able to calmly deal with any problem that may arise" (http://www.stanssewingsupplies.com/catalogs/store.asp?pid=253080). Girl I think you a spot on! Ship ahoy!
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