• those that stuck . . .
    • Jules (Mom); Joles (Theo-- youngest brother); Jewels (Macken); never Jools
    • Bules (Mitch...later Annie)
    • Joie (Mommy)
    • J R
    • Ju-ju (because my little brother-- now the middle brother- couldn't pronounce 'Julia')
    • Jole-ya and sometimes Joey-uh (Theo)
    • Squirt (Robin)
    • Young Gun (Birute)
    • Little One (Birute)
    • JUlia-JUlia-JUlia (Mr. Long)
    • JUUUliA (Mr. Belcaster
    • jUUUUUUUliE (Stella)
  • . . . and those that didn't
    • rinky-dinky, boo-bah, hoo-hah (in Mr. Long's moments of memory-loss; he would jab his temo-keeping cane towards the confused group of dancers; sad senile signs)
    • Julie (Miss Patti- until I wrote her a letter-- signed Julia)
  • the first time Theo wrote my name, he spelled it J-O-O-L-E-E-U ( 'U' for the "uh" sound, of course).
nov 9 2008 ∞
aug 2 2009 +