JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Where the Suquamish once lived, there are boats in a marina. There’s a swan boat to rent by the hour: painted wooden curves. There are ferry boats run by the government: green and white stripes. There are sailboats and yachts cruising through the harbor on a sunny afternoon. Where the Suquamish once spent summers eating […]

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Tonight was the first “Ready, Set, Relax Family Night” on Bainbridge Island “unscheduled” by the Just Know Bainbridge Coalition for Youth and Parents. The school district and local businesses helped sponsor the occasion. No homework. No after-school sports. Instead families were encouraged to spend the extra time together. The bookstore served cookies and punch. The […]

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I interact with a number of people on a weekly basis: the man who drops off milk at our home, the woman who delivers our mail, the people who check out and bag our groceries, the couple who run “the sticker store”, many of my neighbors, but I don’t know anything about their lives, who […]

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A family sitting behind us on the ferry boat this morning was unaware that the food service has stopped and the cafeteria is closed. It was one of those times when I didn’t know whether lean over the seat and interrupt their conversation with correction, as a nosy neighbor, but eventually they found something in […]

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Become the local media! Lisa Williams wrote earlier this week. One commenter linked to an example of local media (via Dan Gillmor ) to the Madison School Board site : This site is designed to provide Madison voters with a fast, easy to use place to learn more about the candidates for this spring’s school […]

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