Summertime reminds me that we live in a tourist town. Of course, some of the people who live here would call us tourists, as we Leungs – and thousands of others – are recent immigrants to the island, lacking a pedigree dating back to the years of summer cabins and intense seasonal migration. In the […]
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Tourist town
July 9th, 2004 · 2 Comments
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Adventures await
July 5th, 2004 · Comments Off on Adventures await
The other morning we tried to make it out to enjoy the low tide. I figured we ‘d go downtown to do errands then head to the Eagle Harbor beach at Waterfront Park The rental dock features a sweet swan and offers the enticing slogan Adventures Await…although these boats trapped in the low tide won’t […]
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America the Beautiful Bargain
June 29th, 2004 · 5 Comments
Saturday morning I was watering my plants, kneeling over nasturtiums, can in hand, when I heard Ray Charles’ voice. I was sleep-deprived and feeling slightly dehydrated in the heat but I don’t believe I was delusional or dreaming. It wasn’t a song coming to me in a vision from the world beyond this one, but […]
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Bunk beds and potato heads
June 6th, 2004 · 2 Comments
The other day our neighborhood had a garage sale. We stopped at one house and found some treasures for our family: a bunk bed set, two 3-D books with plastic parts, and a Potato Head family of three packed into a pink suitcase. After we bought our purchases, we spent another hour at another garage, […]
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Missing digital documentation
June 3rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Missing digital documentation
This (Wednesday) morning the girls and I shared the beach with a blue heron. We had turned around the corner on the trail and saw the bird wading in the water at low tide, the smooth shape and elongated neck making easy identification. I reached for my camera – and discovered the battery was low, […]
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