JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Walking on Winslow Way past this mosaic in front of Cafe Nola last week, I saw this glass ferry boat and suddenly remembered anecdotes I had heard years ago. When we moved to Bainbridge Island, I was already pregnant with Michaela, our second child. The logistics of delivering a baby can create creative situations for […]

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According to an article Cathy Nickum wrote and published on Bainbridge Buzz, study team members who recently visited Bainbridge High School as part of the accreditation process were shocked and appalled at the state of the technology, facilities and capabilities. One of the team members was the principal of Bishop Blanchet High School, Kent Hickey, […]

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With the temperature high and the tide low, the girls and I headed over to Fay Bainbridge State Park on May 25. The weather was wonderful for taking photographs. As Robert Scoble mentioned, we might try to organize a camping trip after Gnomedex at the park. While staying overnight at Fay Bainbridge wouldn’t be as […]

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Via tiffany at blackfeminism.org I discovered Ms. Magazine’s article on Housewife Wars featuring quotes from author Stephanie Coontz: “Marriage is harder today,” Coontz adds, “because it’s more optional. There are more choices. The very things that make it better also make it more difficult, and vice versa. It’s precisely because marriage can be more fulfilling […]

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Dave Winer’s comments on the importance of quality versus inner-child-creative freedom yesterday reminded me of Steve Pavlina’s post on Passion versus Self-Discipline, which I read earlier this week. What’s amusing to me is that both arguments use surgery as an example where quality and discipline are required. I will summarize these two related positions as […]

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