Category Archives: Books

Which Blog To Follow?

Posted on June 21, 2013 by jzrart

Hi folks, Just want to make sure you’re not missing out on visiting my new website, which is where my blog can now be found.  Check it out at http://joanzrough.com. Since I won’t be posting here anymore, I want you … Continue reading →

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Memoir: Two You’ll Love

Posted on May 22, 2013 by jzrart

“Through my identification with another girl who could write what I couldn’t begin to think, I discovered a way to break out of the socialized story into something else, something new … my own voice.  I began to see how … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, The Journey, Wise Words | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Good News!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by jzrart

Good news! My new website is getting closer to being finished and my memoir progresses.  Once my website is up, you’ll find out the title of my book and get to read Chapter One. Hopefully you’ll get a hint of … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Creative, Books, Healthy Living, Life, Memoir, The Journey, Time, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

ABOUT PTSD AND RECOVERY

Posted on April 26, 2013 by jzrart

I was in my mid-sixties when a therapist first suggested that I was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. My response was, “No. Impossible.” Dr. B. handed me a book and asked me to read several pages out loud. When I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fear, Healing, Life, Memoir, Mental Health, Navigating Through Life, Trauma | Tagged , , , , | 9 Comments

Painting Spring

Posted on April 13, 2013 by jzrart

Water soaked grey sky pure tones of birch magnolia, forsythia spring green leaves redbud Raindrop music fills the air my paint brush drips with color JZR I made these photographs and wrote this poem back in April of 2008, posting … Continue reading →

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The Courage Of A Seed

Posted on April 9, 2013 by jzrart

“In nature, we are quietly offered countless models of how to give ourselves over to what appears dark and hopeless, but which ultimately is an awakening beyond our imagining.  All around us, everything small and buried surrenders to a process … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Healing, Kindness, love, Matters of the Spirit, Mental Health, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, The Seasons, Wise Words | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Don’ Give Up

Posted on April 3, 2013 by jzrart

I’ve been running into those words often for a couple of days now as I try to get myself back into my daily routine and at work on my memoir.  It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in which the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Dogs, family, Friendships, Gratefulness, Healing, Life, love, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, The Garden, Time, Uncategorized, Wise Words, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Books And Words As Containers

Posted on March 20, 2013 by jzrart

“If it is a human thing to do to put something you want, because it’s useful, edible, or beautiful, into a bag, or a basket, or a bit of rolled bark or leaf, or a net woven of your own … Continue reading →

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Compassion And Being Enough

Posted on February 27, 2013 by jzrart

During the last seven years of my mother’s life, I was her caretaker.  Except for the last five months of her life, she lived in my home with me and my husband, Bill.  It was a hard time for all … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Caring for an aging parent, Compassion, family, Fear, Kindness, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, Wise Words | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

On Burning My Journals

Posted on February 22, 2013 by jzrart

When we decided to move from our house on the banks of the South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir almost three years ago, I was in a hurry to get out and move into a smaller place in town, rather than … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, family, Gratefulness, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Perfectionism, stories, Trauma, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments