JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

this seems even more appropriate to me after this morning’s news… Actor and father Hugh Jackman: “I see why people have more and more kids because it kind of brings out more of yourself. I imagine, every kid you have, it makes your capacity for love even greater,” he said. “When you fall in love […]

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Yesterday’s Seattle Times printed a review of a book I’d like to read (put it on hold at the library – I’m #2 in line). I think I saw it in a window while walking through downtown Winslow the other day. The anthology Reading Seattle: The City in Prose attempts to disprove a 19th century […]

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I got up early to help the crew that is going to the airport this morning (Ted, Ted’s parents, Abigail) get out the door. Checking my email I find a birth announcement from friends whose son was born a couple hours ago (in time for breakfast like 2 of mine were!). The message includes a […]

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Betsy Devine wanted to be a starving artist when she grew up: she imagined becoming a Parisian poet, subsisting on French bread and black coffee in her garret. Lisa Williams never imagined herself “retired” at age 33 (I don’t think she is “retired”) and will have to start her career all over again after an […]

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my tree peony is blooming…I neglect it during the winter when it needs special protection and care, but somehow the plant grew one more blossom this spring for a total of four. The warm weather this weekend brought a sudden splendor of peony flowers bursting from the tight green buds. They are large as plates […]

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