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Julia Blues
Julia Blues
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Teller of truth and tales. Documenting life as I see it, live it, and experience it through stories and images. Going where the story leads.

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  • Never Thought I’d Call Africa Home

    It’s interesting how growing up, Africa was like an abomination. A curse. A hell. A place no one would ever want to be associated with, let alone call home. Having skin any color darker than white meant you were from Africa and immediately needed to return. I don’t know what was worse: school kids bullying,…

  • How a trip to tanzania changed my pursuit of a phd in clinical psychology

    As I sat watching a new episode of Law and Order: SVU on the DVR with my family, my phone chimed with a notification from my priority email account. It was a Friday evening. There were several email responses I had been waiting for. When I opened my inbox, my heart jumped when I saw…

  • Experiencing Zanzibar

    Today (5/11) marks one month being in Zanzibar. Trying to pull my way through the softened sand and grabbing waves sums up the last several days here. Days without power. Days with just a trickle of water to fill bottles to bathe with. Days of just sitting in the still of darkness. Days of nonstop…

  • WILD LIFE in the WILD

    Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the continent of Africa for the first time. Specifically to the country of Tanzania. We spent four days trucking through the Serengeti, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Crater National Parks. Every day was a new sight. Wild life in the wild. A dream come true. I sat in awe…

  • A Miracle in the Serengeti

    Yes, you read that right. I received a healing miracle while on a safari in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa. But, before we go there, we must take a trip in time to fully understand the miracle that took place. On April 11, 2006, I injured my lower back on the job. It…

  • Poetexts: Innervision

    I am not who I am on the outside I am not who people see I am not who I see The mirror lies to me It lies to those who surround me The mirror hides my misery My sadness My discontentment and self-pity Why can I not be free from all that has happened…

  • Living In Past Tense

    On August 12, 1997, I raised my right hand and swore to serve and protect my country. An Airman in the United States Air Force. Just a couple years later, I was honorably discharged. It didn’t take long for me to determine the military wasn’t for me. I grew up in the military, but being…

  • There Is Room for You

    I love window seats because they give me the opportunity to take in sights unavailable to me on a day-to-day basis. One thing I noticed during a recent trip as the plane coasted 30,000 feet above ground was that there is so much land yet to be occupied. You see statistics of the billions of…