JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

This morning I read Hostage crisis continues for anguished Russian town and I ached for mother Zalina Dzandarova: BESLAN, Russia — Zalina Dzandarova cradles her son Alan as he sleeps with his small face buried against her stomach. He is the child that Dzandarova was able to save, the child she chose to save, really. […]

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Yesterday morning when we got home from an appointment, the girls wanted to play Olympics outside. First they wanted to do a triathlon – or rather, a biathlon of biking and running. I helped them with some ideas, and together we did soccer, shot put (small ball), javelin (piece of swimming noodle) and hurdles (buckets). […]

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Sure, I’d like to stash away thousands of dollars by December. But the title of this article in Tuesday’s Seattle Times only teased me. I don’t usually order pizza, buy grapefruit, purchase DVDs or visit a barista. How can I save it, if I’m not spending it anyway? I may have a boring mom-of-three-kids lifestyle […]

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This recent Seattle Times article The big top beckons Olympic athletes described how circus scouts were observing athletes in Athens. With Olympic tickets in her pocket and a video camera in her backpack, the 34-year-old Pot spent last week searching for gymnasts who have the athletic skills and artistic flair to make the leap to […]

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Last week NPR’s Morning Edition was promoting their interview with singer Patty Scialfa. They aired the piece twice in one hour when I was listening on Wednesday. Not that I minded. It’s worth listening to the clip just to hear her describe what it was like to bring the youngest baby home from the hospital […]

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