JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

A few days ago I wrote a piece exploring the lines and limits of peer pressure and parental responsibility in society. I received insightful comments and I especially wanted to respond in another post to the thoughtful ones left by Philippe Boucher (who now has a Voice of Bainbridge blog! yippee!) and Paul Beard about […]

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A radish and nasturtium left on the kitchen counter after our morning gardening. Abigail’s first tattoo, a birthday party memento. Ted demonstrates to the children how to join the Clean Bowl Club.

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Peer pressure is bad, isn’t it? It’s the reason why kids engage in destructive behaviors. The excuse for drug use. Everybody’s doin’ it. But last month, on our road trip to the Bay Area, I started to believe that peer pressure could be good. A friend told me that peer pressure had motivated her daughter […]

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It finally happened. While we were driving down the road somewhere west of Sunriver and east of Clackamas, Oregon. When we became parents, it was as if we imagined a camera in our hands constantly. We bought equipment, determined to capture those moments, take them prisoner for posterity with exquisite digital detail. But sometimes the […]

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Ted, the girls and I disappeared to Sunriver, Oregon for the past several days. It was our first time to this resort town in central Oregon and our first week-long family vacation. Following are my notes and pictures….

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