JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

…it’s Ernie! One of my friends from high school sent me an email that he’ll be on the NPR show Wait,Wait Don’t Tell Me tomorrow. I haven’t listened to it in a while but I’ll be tuning in to KUOW Saturday at ten to hear what happened. He’s hoping he’ll win (or maybe he already […]

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As I wrote a couple months ago, I am enjoying putting Ted’s ApacheCon bags to good use. I have now started the new habit of taking my motley crew of canvas bags with me to the grocery stores. For years I’ve been thinking I should do this, but now I finally am doing it. I […]

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The other morning when I woke the girls up, Abigail asked: “When can we go to the Rotary?” referring to a large rummage sale held on the island each summer. “Why do you want to go to the Rotary?” I asked. “To get toys,” she smiled. “You’re not allowed to play,” I teased her. “You’re […]

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Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher sat on my desk for a while and I finally got around to skimming through it last week. So this review will be more of an overview because I didn’t thoroughly read it, rather I skimmed through sections. Why did I skim this book, rather than read it? Curious, I […]

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Last night I got out by myself for a few hours to get together with some other homeschool moms. I can probably count on one hand the number of times I’ve gotten out at night by myself since we moved to the island. The logistics of life have made it difficult. Nursing a baby means […]

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