Author Archives: Julie B Campbell

Perspective Book Series: A Spoiler-Free Summary

I’m a writerer, not a talkerer. So, when I’m at an event as a guest author or a vendor, or even talking to a friend, and I’m asked what the books in my Perspective series are about, I don’t seem to have much more than a deer-in-headlights stare to offer… 😶 What is the PerspectiveContinue reading “Perspective Book Series: A Spoiler-Free Summary”

Looking Back at 2024 and Ahead at 2025

I’ve got big hopes and big plans for 2025, but first, for my own records as much as to share, I thought I’d blog up a blog for my blog about some of the things that happened to me in 2024. 
Last year was a major year for me in terms of growth on both a personal and professional level. As is the case with any change, it was very hard. I took on challenges that I’d once believed – as recently as early 2023, in fact – were not survivable for me. I came out a very different person on the other side. One who is much stronger. One with some pride, and the ability to give myself the permission to feel that pride.

The Barrie Farmers’ Market Needs…Farmers

The Barrie Farmers’ Market I love is losing its identity, but it’s far from too late. It’s time for the decisionmakers and organizers to take a step back, look at where the market came from and what it needs to be.  Is it still to be a proud, historic part of our community that connects us with our local food producers while offering us the chance to check out what local artisans have to offer while we’re there? Or is it a craft market that is ready for a name change?

Farmers’ Market Food Prices Mean I’m Not a Starving Artist

But amidst all the rapidly rising cost trends at grocery stores, the same thing doesn’t appear to be happening – at least not nearly to the same extent, if at all – at my local farmers’ market. That has definitely surprised me.

I Finally Got to See the RCMP Musical Ride (Eeeeee!)

Last month, I finally got to see the RCMP Musical Ride. I’ve wanted to see it for as long as I can remember, and I finally had the chance at the Barrie Fair that took place in August at the Essa Agriplex in Ontario.

A Socially Anxious Author and a Local Farmers Market

I absolutely love my local farmers market.  It’s my Disney World.  I’m not exaggerating. I look forward to it every single week. 

“An Ogre Ate My Sparkles” is Now Available!

An Ogre Ate My Sparkles is the first book I’ve written with my sister, Laura Campbell. I’m proud to say that we illustrated the whole thing too! Neither of us are professional artists, but it was a lot of fun creating the drawings of Eddie, a cute kid dealing with a lot of emotions in their life, and the Ogre, whom Eddie imagines is eating their sparkles when things seem to be going wrong.

3 Audiobooks that Fueled my Passion for Vegetable Gardening

I absolutely love vegetable gardening. I live in an apartment, but by mid-February every year, the entire area in front of my balcony door becomes my makeshift greenhouse.  I start planting seeds in egg cartons and tend them daily, watching for germination well before the seed packets say they should start growing (I just know that my seeds are smarter than the rest). Once the seedlings are hardened and the frost risk is gone, they’re planted in pots out on my balcony, so I can move my tending obsession outdoors. But it wasn’t always this way.