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Category: Holiday Posts

Setting Intentions For The New Year

Each new year I create a set of collage Intention Cards reflecting on several areas of my life in which … More

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Collage cards, Intentional New Year, New Year's resolutions

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Road Map to Codependency?

“Last year, in 2021, for the first time since grade school, I skipped watching It’s a Wonderful Life. In 2021, I came to the conclusion that George Bailey is a schmuck.”

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art and nursing, Christmas Eve, Clarence, Codependency, Codependent Behavior, Dr. Jill Biden, FLOTUS, George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life, Retired RN Blog, self care

Thanksgiving Pie Making: Two Childhood Memories

“Besides raising three children, my mother worked full-time outside of the home. The day before Thanksgiving she came home from a full day’s work, fixed her family dinner, and baked the pies to lessen her work load the following day.
The year I was twelve, Something Happened.”

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art and nursing, family, MakingPies, NurseArtistBlog, PieArt, RetiredRNBlog, Thanksgiving, ThanksgivingMemories, ThanksgivingPies, WorkingMoms

I Took Candy From a Stranger

Today I took candy from a stranger.  I was finishing my morning run, waiting on a corner for the light … More

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Don't Take Candy From Strangers, Halloween, HalloweenCandy

Happy Summer Solstice!

Today, it’s pouring down rain here in Portland, Oregon, but that doesn’t stop us from celebrating the first day of … More

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@julparart, art and nursing, first day of summer, juliannaparadisiart, pdxartist, resinart, solstice

A Random Encounter: Nurse, Artist, and Tree (Re-posted in Honor of Beltane)

There’s a tree I walk past often, and on my way home from work one day I decided to take … More

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art and nursing, Beltane, contemporary art, random encounter, tree embrace, tree hugging

JParadisiRN’s 11 Favorite Things of 2019 List

  As a final commemoration of the 10th year anniversary of blogging at JParadisiRN, I decided to create my first-ever … More

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art and nursiing, Favorite Things of 2019 List, Happy New Year, Lists of Favorite Things, nature journal

New Post for AJN’s Off the Charts Contemplates Nurses Missing Time with Our Families Because of Work

My latest post and illustration for Off the Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing is posted. Heralding in the … More

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nursing, working on holidays

Happy National Bird Day: The Hummingbird

On my walk to work I looked up, which is somewhat unusual in that most of the time I am … More

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art and nursiing, hummingbird, National Bird Day, walking

2019: Days of Miracle and Wonder

These are the days of miracle and wonder  -Paul Simon    New Year’s Eve 2018 marked the twentieth anniversary of … More

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art and nursiing, artists, breast cancer, breast cancer survivorship, Happy New Year, individuation, nurse blogs, nurses, personal growth, Transformation

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A Little About Myself

JParadisiRN is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in painting and writing. Her paintings and short stories have been published nationally. She has exhibited artwork in galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Julianna frequently contributes illustrated blog posts to Off The Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing. She has been a nurse for 33 years, specializing in Pediatric Intensive Care, Oncology Infusion, and as an Oncology Nurse Navigator.

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