Carie Juettner

Sometimes You Have to Look

I see a lot of things on my morning walks. Just this month alone, I’ve seen… …an armadillo rooting for grubs… …a cicada shedding its shell… …a big toad sprawled belly-down on a wet sidewalk… …a raccoon sneaking around a garbage can. When I post the pictures of the critters I come across, people areContinue reading “Sometimes You Have to Look”

The Ghostly Tales of Austin

In October 2015, I went on an Austin ghost tour with some fellow members of the local chapter of SCBWI. We met at the Omni Hotel, then strolled around downtown, visiting the Driskill and the Texas State Capitol and other buildings with haunted histories while our guide, Monica Ballard, regaled us with stories of sinisterContinue reading “The Ghostly Tales of Austin”

Pandemic Painting & A Better Year Ahead

This weekend I sat down and re-read my journal entries from March through July of 2020. I wanted to re-experience those first few months of the pandemic, to see it again from a little distance. (I stopped at August because I wasn’t ready to revisit the school year again.) It was so surreal reading myContinue reading “Pandemic Painting & A Better Year Ahead”