JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

At the end of August, the girls and I went to see Art in the Meadow at Blakely Harbor Park on the island. All I knew is that a friend involved with public art had recommended it to me. I imagined I would find some tall rusted sculptures standing in a bunch of grass; that’s […]

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Thanks to a friend’s suggestion, as our house was being built, we asked the contractor install an instant hot water dispenser , an InstaHOT, in the kitchen sink. What a treat for making tea, since Ted has at least a cup or two a day, and I’ve learned to enjoy it too. Nothing like sitting […]

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Tania blogged a few weeks ago about her experience with counseling . It reminded me how I have been wanting to write about my own experience that started this summer. I confess I had an arrogant attitude. Sure, counseling was a good thing. A great thing. Very helpful. Lots of other people could get help […]

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A friend of mine, also one of my counselors this summer, thinks I am INFJ. I’ve never been excited about personality tests like the Myers-Briggs. Perhaps it is because I felt that for most of my life tests were used to define who I was. Take a test: get an identity. A bit of a […]

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Sometimes I entertain such fantasies. Like being a figure skater. During the season when we’re watching skating on TV, it’s easy to envy the grace and agility, the ability to fly across the ice. I’d love to be able to cut that kind of figure, the arcs and curves, the rhythm and routines, the jumps […]

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