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Julie is a girl (okay, she knows she’s not really a girl anymore, but run with it, alright?) who has taken her “useless” English degree and made a go of it.
Things got off to an interesting start with work as a sales clerk, coffee server, waitress, telemarketer and fruit-picker. Her first “real” job was given to her in an elevator. From there, she moved on to jobs as a proofreader, agency account exec, corporate communications specialist, part-time prof and change management advisor.
Since 2005, she has been principal of Ottawa-based Caffeine Communications and writes on her coffee breaks or when she can’t sleep. Her writing has appeared in The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Adventura magazine, and Tripsketch.com.
She is mother to two small children and is a terribly un-trained wife to a well-trained husband.
You can find Julie at her blog, Coffee with Julie…
Postcard from Jonesport, Maine: Are Fishermen Lonely?
While spending time in a small fishing town, Julie wonders if life is lonely or lovely with so little to do. [Read more]
Character Flaws
I’m a sucker for anything with “character.” You know, one of those people that real estate agents market “charming” properties too. Also, the type that buys a new lipstick simply because its packaging is just so darn beautiful. And last but not least, the buyer of highly impractical, but terribly cute shoes. [Read more]
There are Some Things I Wish She Hadn’t Had to Learn
Children used to make drawings in school about the environment. Remember Smokey the Bear? But what are they drawing nowadays? [Read more]
Who Wears Short-Shorts?
Do you dare wear short-shorts? If you’re my age and can pull off short-shorts, all the power to you. If you’re a young woman with long tanned legs you want to show off, all the power to you. But please — let’s not dress our young girls in short-shorts. [Read more]
I Don’t Hear Voices. Not Yet, at Least.
What makes a novelist, a novelist? Julie Harrison likes to lurk around at author events to see if she can find out the answer to this question. [Read more]
A New York Love Affair
Located right in the heart of New York's Bowery, the Double Crown is a culinary sensation. Amidst exotic decor you'll experience the influence of eastern flavours upon British traditional fare. The results are a menu that includes Venison Wellington, Miso-glazed Bone Marrow, Pheasant and Licorice Pie, and Rendell’s favourite dish, Tandoori Foie Gras Torchon with Earl Grey. [Read more]
Confessions of a Former Gleek: Part 2
If you missed Julie Harrison’s Confessions of a Former Gleek Part 1, you can read it here. In the first season of Glee, I found that Will (aka Mr. Shuester) shared many of my feelings of lingering doubt … Why did I never chase my dreams? What... [Read more]
Elaine Nadeau: Cup of Ambition
For a young woman in the 1980s, working in the business world meant typing and serving coffee for the boss. At least if Dolly Parton’s iconic movie “9 to 5” was any kind of reflection of the times. But I guess Elaine Nadeau must have missed that movie because instead she just “poured herself a cup of ambition” and opened her own business instead. [Read more]
Confessions of a Former Gleek: Part 1
Inspired by the hit TV series Glee, Julie Harrison reflects back on her former life as a "Gleek" in the high school drama club. [Read more]
Love Letters From My Spam Folder
I keep a blog. And my blog takes the time to identify spam comments and drops them into a spam folder for me. I don’t know how my blog does this, but I do appreciate her efforts nonetheless. But I never just blindly delete all of the spam folder’s... [Read more]
