JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Earlier this week, Fred wrote in Unplugged: I hate having those pink plugs in my ears. But it’s almost worth it, just to be able to take them out and hear again. And listen. Sensory deprivation is something I practice occasionally. The other morning I missed a meal. I skipped breakfast. When I ate again […]

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Irritating day yesterday. I got up feeling like I wanted to stay in bed. Already exhausted. There are days like that though. The power went out twice. That was annoying. I have said that housework doesn’t take a lot of time and energy: that statement was made with the assumption of a constant electrical supply. […]

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As a mother, I’m conscious of our daughters’ physical development. Concerned would be an appropriate word. I observe them during their gymastics classes, compare them to the other children, and take notes of their weaknesses. I remember the exercises so we can practice them at home. On our living room carpet we do straddle jumps […]

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An article in Thursday’s Seattle Times described how genealogist Peri Muhich has researched The Mercer Girls, a group of young women who came from the East Coast to Washington state in 1864: The ratio of men to women in Seattle was 9 to 1 when Asa Mercer, president of Washington’s new Territorial University, first went […]

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Via David Weinberger’s reporting from the SXSW conference, I learned about author Ethan Watters and Urban Tribes: Ethan Watters, author of Urban Tribes is talking about some anxieties he has about the current generation of youngsters. For example, this gen is delaying marriage longer than any in American history. They are, surveys show, more “out […]

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