JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

pictures and stories from the water’s edge

JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools header image 4

Entries from May 2004

Tongue, stomach: A taste of honey

May 15th, 2004 · Comments Off on Tongue, stomach: A taste of honey

Honey tongue sounds familiar. It reminds me of bands – a song my brother’s band wrote and performs, and the Seattle band of that name..oh, and of course, I think of Song of Solomon…. But honey stomach is different anatomy. Bee anatomy. New anatomy for me. I learned yesterday morning that bees have a honey […]

[Read more →]

Tags: books

Buy your own Britney for a small fee

May 15th, 2004 · Comments Off on Buy your own Britney for a small fee

I’m tempted to comment on TV Guide’s latest promotion with its oh-so-teasing peekaboo flap cover, but I’d only be repeating myself. [Sigh]. If only we had an extra $75,000 sitting around…

[Read more →]

Tags: culture

Love and witchcraft

May 15th, 2004 · Comments Off on Love and witchcraft

This week I’ve enjoyed listening to NPR’s series on New Religion in America. Thursday’s piece “looks at the popularity of Wicca, or witchcraft, in America”. Two points that intrigued me: 1) Girls and love Narrator Barbara Bradley Hagerty said that according to Lauren Westphal (spelling?), manager of Celebration New Age in Colorado Springs, “even 9 […]

[Read more →]

Tags: news

Seeing the world through her eyes

May 15th, 2004 · Comments Off on Seeing the world through her eyes

From today’s Seattle Times When Michael Van Leuven met Roberta Mosher the summer before their freshman year of high school, it was her eyes that he first noticed. They were a vivid blue and hinted at her willful streak. During their nearly 24-year marriage, a look from Roberta — Robin, as he called her — […]

[Read more →]

Tags: marriage

The last kiss

May 14th, 2004 · Comments Off on The last kiss

The other day I posted a piece about the fragility of love. I also wrote what a kiss can say. I felt sorrow and sadness reading how Rod Kratochwill remembered his last kiss with his wife: Then there is the kiss that is the last kiss you will ever get, even though you didn’t know […]

[Read more →]

Tags: marriage