JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

The girls and I have finished reading Charlotte’s Web. They’ve enjoyed it to the point of assigning roles from the book to each other. Michaela often ends up as Wilbur while either Elisabeth or Abigail is Charlotte. Sometimes Abigail is Fern or sometimes she is Mr. Zuckerman. The girls have been talking about the end [...]

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Two poems in celebration:
When I was One, I had just begun…[...]
But now I am Six, I’m as clever as clever.
So I think I’ll be six now forever and ever.
- A.A. Milne copyright 1955
Already she is six years old.
Adventurous, brave and bold. [...]
Today she wants a horse that is blue
Abigail, Happy Birthday to you!
- Mine

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Tonight I showed the girls these pictures posted by the BBC

A new type of ultrasound scan has produced vivid pictures of a 12 week-old foetus “walking” in the womb.
The girls enjoyed the photos, finishing their dinners with speed so they could see them. It lead to a little discussion about placentas, umbilical cords and ultrasounds…sounds [...]

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It was all so sudden. I didn’t expect it. A surprise. I was skeptical. Suspicious. I went into it prepared to fight. But as soon as I opened the door, it was all over. I had fallen in love.
Perhaps I should not use the term “falling in love” to describe my relationship with a library. [...]

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The news appeared in the paper a few days ago that Bill Gates may begin blogging soon. The line from the Seattle Times story described the Microsoft chairman as someone who tends to come late to the party. I’ve describing blogging as a party and Bill G. is welcome to come. In fact I’ve heard, [...]

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A few photos I took last week at Pike Place Market

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UPDATE - The spam seems to have stopped, thank God, and I think I’ve deleted all of it. When I realized I couldn’t do anything about it and got desperate enough to start praying, then it ended…hmmm….I’m not sure what happened but I’m grateful it’s gone for now. Thanks to Enoch for letting me [...]

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Saturday morning I was watering my plants, kneeling over nasturtiums, can in hand, when I heard Ray Charles’ voice. I was sleep-deprived and feeling slightly dehydrated in the heat but I don’t believe I was delusional or dreaming. It wasn’t a song coming to me in a vision from the world beyond this one, but [...]

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I’ve been busy these past few days celebrating Abigail’s sixth birthday. I’ll try to catch up as I can…Earlier this week, Anita Sharpe at Worthwhile encouraged readers to quickly name Six Things that Inspire You .
I can make a list of things that inspire me but I think that a better word might be [...]

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Tonight after dinner, Abigail took out her present from her aunt and uncle (thanks K & D!) and then the next thing I knew we were all putting on our shoes and going outside, where Ted had assembled an incline plane using our deck stairs and an extra board. Our new phones can capture video [...]

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