JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

What we heard at the county Fair: I thought about trying to make an audiopost but I wasn’t as successful as Janelle who picked a cool place to do it…

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Last week a friend and I took our children to the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. We were interested in seeing the touring Lewis and Clark exhibit. My girls and I also spent some time exploring the first floor of the museum.
Highlights included sitting in at least two covered wagons, including one drawn by [...]

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Lisa Williams this week wrote an elegant defense and description of her home state and also asked the question where would you live if you could live anywhere?
I’m not about to attempt an essay as eloquent and passionate as hers. But after Reading Seattle and living here now four years as an adult, I’ve [...]

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Speaking of weather, through Randy Charles Morin, I found RSS feeds from NOAA :Experimental Listings of Watches, Warnings, and Advisories by State and Territory. The site states that it is experimental but I’m having fun trying it out in my aggregator. The feed is a partial feed, but clicking on the link goes to the [...]

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It was still light outside until ten minutes ago or so . I love this time of year when the sun goes to bed late (after 9 pm) and wakes up early ( 5 am). Of all the places I’ve lived, Seattle is the farthest north, with the longest sweetest summer days.

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Elisabeth doesn’t speak many words, but one she tries to say is “doughboy”. She wraps her lips around the vowels, laughing as she says it. I think she knows it’s something silly. “Doughboy” reminds me of what our friends in Rhode Island would serve us - fried dough with tomato sauce - as we’d gather [...]

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via snippy:
Take the quiz: “Which American City Are You?”San FranciscoLiberal and proud, you’ll live your lifestyle however you choose in the face of all that would supress you.
I’m a bit surprised by this one - not a selection or description I’d choose for myself! - so I tried taking this again. I was [...]

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Last week the girls and I visited the Theler Wetlands in Belfair, along with our friends Robin and her family. I took the double stroller and the backpack for the three kids and I found the paths to be faily easy: gravel and boardwalk. Along the side of the trails we [...]

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Michael Hanscom wrote a detailed summary of The Pig War of San Juan Island or how the border for the United States was drawn, with a runaway pig sparking tensions between American and British settlers. The military situation and negotiation that ensued involved Robert of Robert’s Rules of Order and the [...]

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Well if you’re stuck in the Seattle area without a ticket to Oslo but with a lust for lutefisk, the easiest thing to do might be a trip to Poulsbo, a Scandinavian-themed town across the bridge from Bainbridge Island. Having never been to Norway, I don’t have any idea how much it resembles this [...]

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