JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Pictures taken at Woodland Park Zoo.
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Anita noted that Chas Redmond has fun taking kids to the zoo! So today was Zoo day for my neighbor and her 2-year-old son. I volunteer to go on these outings because I can help dispel some of Henry’s (the 2-year-old) energy and bad sprits which any [...]

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Mock newspaper on display at the Woodland Park Zoo.

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The Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center is another Seattle secret. Two other moms and I, along with our kids, took the boat, then the streetcar to arrive at Seattle’s Pier 66 this morning. Odyssey, a newer addition to the Seattle scene, with the building’s face angled off of Alaskan Way is not easily noticed. I’d walked [...]

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I’ve been checking weather reports this week, wondering if we’ll see the white stuff sometime, if that magic mix of fronts will bring the frozen preciptation. As Michelle Fierro noted this week, it’s been nice but nippy: Its 31 degrees here in Seattle, with a blue, very clear sky. So unusual, Robert [...]

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Dave Winer’s arrival in Seattle for the fall has inspired lively dialogue on the strengths and weaknesses of living in the Rainy City or its suburbs, including statements on God’s preferences for either side of Lake Washington. Now who am I to debate divine desires? To quote Kerry quoting Lincoln: I don’t want [...]

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It was all so sudden. I didn’t expect it. A surprise. I was skeptical. Suspicious. I went into it prepared to fight. But as soon as I opened the door, it was all over. I had fallen in love.
Perhaps I should not use the term “falling in love” to describe my relationship with a library. [...]

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A few photos I took last week at Pike Place Market

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Spied on Yesler while walking back to the boat…

Do you think they have seedlings and sprouts on the menu?

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While we are heading down Yesler Friday afternoon on our way to the boat, I see a woman walking ahead of us on the sidewalk. She’s wearing a sleeveless gray dress, a jumper perhaps, made out of wool or other thick fabric. The dress is shaped like a “V” on the top, dipping down in [...]

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