Choosing a Rock

Choosing a Rock

Choosing a Rock Julie McGue Author In September, I will hike a section of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain with a group of fourteen women, creatives who are published authors, aspiring writers, and watercolorists. The 100-kilometer route, for which I have...
Blending the Old and New

Blending the Old and New

Blending the Old and New Julie McGue Author Like me, many of you gathered with family over the July Fourth holiday week. It was a hectic time, wasn’t it? Weather-related travel delays, heavy storms interrupting outdoor meals, scorching beach days, grocery runs,...
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

The Longest Day Julie McGue Author As some of you know from following my writing, I plan to walk a section of El Camino de Santiago in northern Spain this September. It will be my second time. My return trip is less about the exercise or the pilgrimage and more about...
I’m a Miss Rumphius Wannabe

I’m a Miss Rumphius Wannabe

I’m a Miss Rumphius Wannabe Julie McGue Author When I was a young girl, I remember my parents loading up my siblings and me into Mom’s green station wagon—the one with a third row facing the street beyond—for a trip to the international terminal at Chicago’s O’Hare...

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