- Julie Bonn Blank -

Denim and Diamonds with The Family Justice Center

in Abuse, domestic abuse, Media & Press, Non Profit Marketing on 03/11/19

Last night I had the privilege of speaking to 200 people on behalf of The Family Justice Center-Washington County We were there for the annual Denim & Diamonds fundraiser and I was terrified. I have just recently started speaking about my story of abuse and it doesn’t seem to get any easier. I want to thank Toni Loch, the Executive… View Post

Scary Platform Building

in Abuse, Branding, domestic abuse, Just Me, Non Profit Marketing, Social Causes on 28/10/19

My schedule has taken a leap lately. I’m not sure why it happened. Or how. But God seems to be doing something and I’m just hanging on for the ride. As writers, we hear a lot of this: You have to build your platform. Publishers are not interested in your stories unless you can sell books. “The Platform” helps this… View Post

Desperation and Provision

in Just Me on 28/03/19

I’ve watched one car go over an embankment and two flip upside down. Twice I had to turn around and go home. A couple times, I had to spend the night in Portland. God kept me safe…and kept me guessing.

Rojo the Therapy Llama

in Branding, Pet Marketing, Public Relations, Social Causes on 01/01/19

Life is slower at the beach. And our days are often more interesting than at any other time in our lives. Yesterday after a two-hour, beautiful drive along Highway 30, we met Rojo the certified therapy Llama who lives at Mountain Peaks Therapy. We also met his alpaca buddy Napoleon, other friends in his herd and his human family, Lori… View Post

Time to go Home to Oregon!

in Abuse, domestic abuse, Just Me, Non Profit Marketing on 04/11/18

Life is starting anew. We’ve lived near Chicago now for four years and none of us have been thrilled about it (especially the weather). With the idea that we would seek to live back in the Northwest someday, we continued forward because we were called here-for a bit. But a year or so ago, both hubby and I became discontent… View Post