Julie Polk
@juliepolk.com
[she/her] Writer. Intimacy Director. Mountain dweller. Cat wrangler.
For stories and occasional blather: https://juliepolk.com/. https://rasaadvising.com/
For stories and occasional blather: https://juliepolk.com/. https://rasaadvising.com/
Sutton, WV. Ran out of stapled ones on the road, but hopefully still helpful.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sutton, WV. Ran out of stapled ones on the road, but hopefully still helpful.
Apparently you are supposed to leave this McDonald’s at a dead sprint.
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Apparently you are supposed to leave this McDonald’s at a dead sprint.
You know what happened next.
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
You know what happened next.
I was thinking gold but these days sure why not
October 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I was thinking gold but these days sure why not
In one week! I'm super excited to be treading the storytelling boards again in NYC. It's a terrific lineup, and it's Halloween season -- perfect time to go see a story show in a former coffin factory. @pineboxrockshop.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DQF801vEetZ/
www.instagram.com/p/DQF801vEetZ/
October 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In one week! I'm super excited to be treading the storytelling boards again in NYC. It's a terrific lineup, and it's Halloween season -- perfect time to go see a story show in a former coffin factory. @pineboxrockshop.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DQF801vEetZ/
www.instagram.com/p/DQF801vEetZ/
I want so much for someone, somehow, to lower that flag to half staff.
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I want so much for someone, somehow, to lower that flag to half staff.
Still can’t quite believe I grew these.
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Still can’t quite believe I grew these.
Oh man I wish I had a real camera because this full moon is rising so fast you can practically see a string pulling it like it’s in an Ed Wood movie.
October 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Oh man I wish I had a real camera because this full moon is rising so fast you can practically see a string pulling it like it’s in an Ed Wood movie.
Ah yes the terrifying New York subway, where at any moment you might be faced with a 7 foot tower of cotton candy
September 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ah yes the terrifying New York subway, where at any moment you might be faced with a 7 foot tower of cotton candy
I like this for the obvious reason but also for these hilariously janky PowerPoint annotations (complimentary)
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I like this for the obvious reason but also for these hilariously janky PowerPoint annotations (complimentary)
Wearing this coat at a crowded Paramus Trader Joe’s is, as they say, a choice
September 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wearing this coat at a crowded Paramus Trader Joe’s is, as they say, a choice
Jesus christ. The president of Barnard College wrote this opinion piece in the NYT today. It contains this paragraph. I'm a Barnard alum. Genuinely sickened.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Jesus christ. The president of Barnard College wrote this opinion piece in the NYT today. It contains this paragraph. I'm a Barnard alum. Genuinely sickened.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
The dahlias are coming! I had just about given up, but kept on doing the things to keep it alive and it looks like it's going to bloom, in case you're grasping for a cheesy hopeful metaphor for some reason.
September 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The dahlias are coming! I had just about given up, but kept on doing the things to keep it alive and it looks like it's going to bloom, in case you're grasping for a cheesy hopeful metaphor for some reason.
This is the time when I repost my favorite picture of Hellie the Cat, in which she figured out how to get outside the window but not how to get back in.
September 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is the time when I repost my favorite picture of Hellie the Cat, in which she figured out how to get outside the window but not how to get back in.
The person I see in my mind when they talk about the Utah manhunt.
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The person I see in my mind when they talk about the Utah manhunt.
Edward James Olmos was so good in Stand and Deliver
September 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Edward James Olmos was so good in Stand and Deliver
Things I never thought I’d say: “I’m about to get on this sloop.”
September 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Things I never thought I’d say: “I’m about to get on this sloop.”
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
September 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Get your laughs where you can, I guess
![Item #3 of today's Washington Post Trump tracker email, which reads:
Update: Weeks after the Trump administration attempted to remove [Voice of America Director] Michael Abramowitz from his position, a judge ruled only an advisory board could do so.
Complications: Trump can’t get the board in question, the International Broadcasting Advisory Board, to do so, because he fired the entire board shortly after taking office.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kp2laqajmtcmcvlzzmmtdwso/bafkreiea7dmlt762gbgvohbo6zvfnk3pxtfxvk5v6pjivzeoibfsdysydm@jpeg)
August 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Get your laughs where you can, I guess
I took this photo of a guy at 14th & 8th.
August 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I took this photo of a guy at 14th & 8th.
They pretend they're not bonded but then they do this without moving for like five solid minutes.
August 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
They pretend they're not bonded but then they do this without moving for like five solid minutes.
When I had to tear out the original wood planks of the walls I asked the guys to save them for me. Then I cut them into these shelves.
There's something beautiful to me about the fact that the DNA of the house is still here, just transformed into something new and useful for this moment in time.
There's something beautiful to me about the fact that the DNA of the house is still here, just transformed into something new and useful for this moment in time.
August 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When I had to tear out the original wood planks of the walls I asked the guys to save them for me. Then I cut them into these shelves.
There's something beautiful to me about the fact that the DNA of the house is still here, just transformed into something new and useful for this moment in time.
There's something beautiful to me about the fact that the DNA of the house is still here, just transformed into something new and useful for this moment in time.
I know Elon’s trying to ruin Austin but it’s still the home of my favorite US airport
August 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I know Elon’s trying to ruin Austin but it’s still the home of my favorite US airport