JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

The morning began with construction sounds, common in our neighborhood of new homes, but this time the machine was in our front yard digging out a weed-infested sidewalk strip. The girls as always were mesmerized, wanting to sit and stare while it moved the dirt, dumping ripped sod onto the sidewalk. I realized that children […]

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The other day I described why I was having a difficult time with the holiday. Enoch linked to me and encouraged me with his post julie’s down on easter. But I didn’t describe the real reason why I was so down on the day. 😉 I found this in our jellybean bowl: I’ll spare the […]

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At misbehaving.net Jill Walker linked to an article by Naomi Wolf and opened discussion on her theory that artificial images of women – in Wolf’s words cybervision(s) of perfection – adversely affect men’s attraction to the real thing. What I’m wondering: aren’t emotional fantasies also potent in creating unreal expectations for relationships? Books, movies, TV, […]

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Liz Lawley wrote a post about her family’s enjoyment of Bookcrossing. I hadn’t heard of it – guess I’m even later to the party than she is – but the idea of “catching” labelled books and “releasing them into the wild” sounds wild indeed! in fact the terminology brings salmon to mind – must be […]

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Last week the girls and I visited the Theler Wetlands in Belfair, along with our friends Robin and her family. I took the double stroller and the backpack for the three kids and I found the paths to be faily easy: gravel and boardwalk. Along the side of the trails we saw all kinds of […]

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