JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Ted’s already blogged about the U.S. national figure skating championships this weekend. To me the best story of the competition came from a skater who didn’t medal. She didn’t even complete all her events. But the fact that she and her partner skated at all at nationals was an event in itself, and the Internet […]

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Flipping through today’s Seattle Times…. Although I don’t like grocery store loyalty cards, I thought this article about being able to track which beef you have bought via the account information was intriguing…maybe I’ll be glad I have the card someday after all (not for beef since we don’t buy much but maybe for another […]

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As a Northwest native and salmon fanatic I appreciated Enoch’s post yesterday Salmon is not definitely harmful . While doing chores, I had heard about the Science piece on the radio yesterday and I felt concerned. Although I have not studied a lot about salmon, I became aware of some of the salmon controversy about […]

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Today’s Seattle Times has an article on snow criminalization including how schools penalize students for snowball fights: In Snoqualmie Valley School District, where school grounds still had 4 inches of snow yesterday, there is a specific rule against the “picking up and making of a snowball,” said Superintendent Richard McCullough. In the discipline code, it […]

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The slush, gray skies and a bit of cabin fever this week made me myopic. Getting out today, feeling fresh air and buying fresh food, reading a fresh newspaper, all helped me realize many reasons I have to be grateful, even in the midst of this storm. 1) We didn’t lose our power (yet). Bainbridge […]

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