About — J U L I E T A Y L O R G R E E N

Julie and Tashi

Yellowstone

New Mexico

Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty

I live in a 100-year-old bungalow in Atlanta with a 12-pound silly Shih Tzu/Maltese named Tashi who runs the house. I’m sure he would be an event planner if he woke up human one day. He doesn’t provide much editing advice but allows for several meditative walks throughout the day. Many scenes from my debut novel were hatched on those walks. My wife of thirty years was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s several years ago. She is now in memory care and our journey through the past several years resulted in a file of accumulated notes, poems and observations. For a task to occupy my time as primary caregiver, I challenged myself to make something of that file. The result, Navigating the Quiet Descent will be published by Kelsay Books later this year.

Hi!

❋ Travel – to anywhere. The farthest was to Thailand with a group of friends touring the ancient sites, then we taught refugee children from Myanmar. Dear to my heart is Guatemala, known as the Switzerland of Central America. I’ve visited four times. Don’t miss day of the Day of the Dead kite festival in Sumpango, and the pre-Columbian capitol at Iximché, today a peaceful park.

❋ I’d love to have an apartment in Antiqua…or Antibes or Nice, or Barcelona, or any beach.

❋ Taking photographs of the environment. New Mexico never disappoints.

❋ Vocal Music – I grew up on Camelot, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story. I heard Marilyn Horne in a university gym and I’ve been an opera nerd ever since.

❋ Sweet Potato Fries

❋ Earthworks – ancient or modern: Stonehenge, to Indian mounds, to Spiral Jetty and Cadillac Ranch.

❋ Vernacular architecture…think old barns with soap adverts.

❋ Kayaking in the salt marsh and walking on the beach.

❋ Funny Instagram reels of animals and babies. I give myself a time limit.

❋ A very cold Kolsch beer.