JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Via Scripting News I read the Telegraph’s report Virgin celebrates first mid-air birth Abimbola Eduwa, 28, was flying with her 19-month-old son Ogbenetega from Lagos to London to visit relatives. She had been assured by doctors that the birth of her second child was at least a month away. But just one hour into the […]

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This week it’s been fun to have a little lively discussion on the topic of the division of labor and family life on this blog. Thanks to everyone who commented. I’ve re-examined and evaluated what I thought and wrote. One sentence I wrote seemed to get me in some trouble. Or at least create some […]

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Dean Esmay today wrote out some of his random thoughts about education, and in the process, made a great case for homeschooling (excerpts): As to what would have made school better for me, even as a child: a lot more time to explore on my own would have helped enormously. In my last couple of […]

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I’m missing my husband but I’m also missing our camera. He took it with him to D.C. and in the past three days I’ve had quite a few times when I wished I could take a picture. We have a film camera, but I hardly use it any more. It seems archaic and insufficient. The […]

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A few days ago Enoch posted links to disposable diapers at great discount prices on Amazon. I ordered enough to get the Super Saver Shipping… quite possibly the last disposable diapers I will buy for a long time….I hope to start potty-training by the fall… Through Lisa William’s post I discovered Malcolm Gladwell’s essay describing […]

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