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Happy Saturday friends!
A quicky update! It's 8pm on Tuesday, which means I'm writing this before I gather a week's worth of photos and stories darn it—but I'm headed to my brother's in Pittsburgh on...
Queen of the Donkeys 🫏
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So many fun things to talk about today!
I woke up one morning this week with a house finch perched on my window, singing the sweetest little song to wake me up 🥰
And then th...
Fighting the need for dopamine 😜
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Around here thing have been...well...knock on wood...just GOOD. Calm. Easy. Comfortable. Healthy.
If you've been around here since the beginning of our arrival to NC you'll r...
Legacy Garden 🪴 & Art Class!
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I've been out in the garden as much as I can this week, usually in the later afternoon when the sun slips around the side of the house and the front is shaded. I was thinking ...
A dream healing & upcoming events!
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Have you ever been healed in dream? No? Me either, until Friday morning!
I went to bed Thursday night feeling a little nauseous for some reason, took a smidge of Phenergan, a...
Shh, get still and quiet and see what happens...
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Haven't I said, "It's the little things" a million times now? Brad and I have been talking about making a turtle raft for our pond for a couple of months now. This week he p...
The Judy Tour
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The hills are alive...🎵🎼🎶 and everything is popping! Each day I go outside and do the "Judy Tour"—walking around the yard to see what's going on, what's blooming, what's just ...
"I can love you, can you love me?"
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I was out mowing on Thursday evening and finished up just outside the lower pasture. Blu (little red pony) was watching me, all by himself, right next to the fence. When I was...
“We are on the move.”
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Well, I thanked the trees for being here and protecting us, and left a heart rock at the base of each and a few hours later I was out walking I Love Lucy when I noticed her d...
A Birthday Visit (Almost!) 🧚🏽♂️
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Guess what today, actually today is? My 56th birthday! We celebrated yesterday at Tikila, a really yummy Mexican restaurant in Knightdale, with Dad, Delores, Uncle Chris, and ...
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Julia MacMonagle
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I’m Julia MacMonagle—artist, equine-partnered coach, and founder of The Mother Ranch in Apex, NC, a 7 acre sanctuary where women come to breathe, create, and reconnect with themselves. My work blends creativity, presence, and nervous-system awareness to help women (and the occasional teen girl) listen to their Inner Voice and remember what’s true for them. Whether I’m leading an Women’s In-Person Circle, hosting a Women’s Online Creative Circle, or offering equine partnered coaching, everything I do is rooted in gentleness, compassion, and personal agency. I believe we all deserve a place where we don’t have to hold everything together—a space where creativity, connection, and quiet insight can unfold naturally. Art and writing is how I listen to my own Inner Voice. Animals are how I stay grounded. The Mother Ranch is where those worlds meet. When I’m not teaching or painting, you’ll find me with the herd, walking the land, or sketching the tiny moments that make life meaningful.
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