JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Another article in this month’s Brown Alumni Monthly peeks into the lives of Brown’s husband and wife pair of crew coaches in Rowing in Step by Scott Cole: Brown’s most consistently successful team is led by a pair of coaches who are also husband and wife. How do they do it? […] The Murphys’ success […]

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We’re driving for miles tonight on the freeway in the dark. You’re at the wheel. I’m sitting beside you. I’m looking at you. The lights flit across your face catching your profile, the corner of your brow, highlighting your eye, the angle of your face. We’ve got three sleepy kids, slumping in their car seats. […]

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Just a Gwai Lo wrote about a couple examples of marriage proposals that were rejected publicly: Dare Obasanjo’s awkward moment on a winery train watching a woman reject a man after he offered the ring. Also at an NBA game , a man surprised his girlfriend by proposing to her while dressed as a mascot […]

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We left late. I forgot my purse. It was okay. I had what I needed in my coat pockets. Even left my keys at home on the countertop for the sitter. I felt free, light, frivolous walking onto the ferry. No canvas bag slung across my shoulder. No child on my chest. Nothing wrapped around […]

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Tuesday night I read Wink’s post on Cruel Words But it is those unguarded moments, those slips of the tongue that let you know what another person really thinks. and I also read Andrea at Atypical Weblog’s story of their Valentine’s day. We also had what I will hereafter refer to as A Stupid Misunderstanding […]

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