JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

When a parent describes a child as “mobile”, that usually means the kid can move: roll, crawl, scoot, toddle, walk, run. This weekend I realized that mobility has a different meaning when the girls are playing in the yard with their outside toys.
Abigail has had a bike for a while. She has moved into a [...]

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Admiring the bread I bought today, I read the wrapper and discovered it was made in Vancouver, British Columbia by Ecco Il Pane . Buying a jar of imported olives is one thing but buying bread baked in another country? I never imagined something fresh and perishable as bread would be brought over [...]

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Speaking of marriage proposals, I remember how fun it was when our friends David and Katherine Fedor got engaged! ( I think it had something to do with a hat, Florida and a funny headline for the family newsletter - am I remembering correctly?:-))
David now has a weblog: Palm OS Protein [...]

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Just a Gwai Lo wrote about a couple examples of marriage proposals that were rejected publicly:
Dare Obasanjo’s awkward moment on a winery train watching a woman reject a man after he offered the ring.
Also at an NBA game , a man surprised his girlfriend by proposing to her while dressed [...]

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Ted and I participate in some alternative communities. Groups and people who are breaking out of The Box. On the end of the bell curve. Going against the flow. Outside the Institution. Moving away from The Mainstream.
Now that we’ve joined a few of these, I’ve noticed some common denominators, independent of topic or aspect of [...]

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I didn’t want to go. My head ached. My stomach ached. I told Ted that I would rather go into labor than go to the movie.
I’d read many reviews. Previews. All kinds of commentary. Weeks ago. Months ago. Blog posts. Newspaper pieces. Emails forwarded from friends.
The thought of spending two hours watching blood, gore and [...]

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On Wednesday while walking into Safeway and grabbing a cart, I saw a woman at the check-out buying her groceries. There was something on her forehead that seemed unusual, and it took me a moment to realize what it was. I didn’t grow up going to church on Ash Wednesday and I think perhaps this [...]

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On NPR’s All Things Considered earlier this week I heard a report on childhood obesity caused not by television watching itself, but by the commercials for sugary foods. Children Targeted in Junk-Food Ads :

A Kaiser Family Foundation report says media messages promoting high-fat and sugary snacks to children now dominate television advertising, which just [...]

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It’s Friday afternoon. A sunny Friday afternoon. I think maybe I hear the ice cream man. Or is it the Old Mac Donald book. I have a headache. After an intense week. The girls have known all day that Grandma Is Coming Tonight. I can go into Cattle Herder Mode and try to make us [...]

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The other night I had a hard time going to sleep. Much on my mind. Too many vivid images.
One disturbing thought came from Tania’s blog. That night she had posted about a television movie She’s Too Young where 14 year olds gave each other syphilis and chatted on-line away from their parents.
I’ve [...]

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