JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Yesterday around 6 pm we lost power and it didn’t return until after 3 am this morning. There were moments of pretending we were in some sci-fi adventure – beeping (the UPS) before going “off the air”, brushing teeth “while we still have light”, being strategic with the time… Then there were moments as if […]

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The good news this morning is that it looks like the girls will acquire their immunity to varicella naturally… careful what you wish for, they say – sometimes you might just get it!…and I’m glad I’m not pregnant and the kids are not babies…but the day before the grandparents arrive for their first visit in […]

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What Ted and I discussed (and he posted ) about Pat Tillman’s death reminded me of Jeff Sanquist’s post on saying thank you. MD at Chai Tea Latte yesterday wrote “Can you imagine?” I say. No, I can’t imagine. I feel I whine enough about the little sacrifices I make each day, such as getting […]

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Abigail and I have tested a number of experiments for kids I’ve found on the web. One that looked interesting involved chewing Wintergreen Life Savers and seeing the spark they generate. At that time Abigail was still a bit scared of the dark, and I somehow convinced her to sit in a small windowless bathroom […]

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Ted pulled this article Rad Scientists out of the paper and posted about it last night. Behind on my newspaper reading (even more than my husband), I noticed the piece – when he left it lying around – and liked it too. He wonders whether scientists can lose their “stodginess” image and have as much […]

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