JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

In high school I bagged groceries at a Safeway store. I confess, sometimes, to pass the time, when I wasn’t determining the geometry of how items best fit into bags (we were trained with a method: boxes first on the sides…) I might try to imagine what the customer was going to do with all […]

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Joanne Jacobs quoted an NYT article describing teenage relationships As these teenagers see it, marriage and monogamy will seamlessly replace their youthful hookup careers sometime in their mid- to late 20’s — or, as one high-school boy from Rhode Island told me online, when ”we turn 30 and no one hot wants us anymore.” Brian, […]

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When I planted sweet peas, I chose ones that were in tones of pinks and purples. At least that’s what I remember. But this week I noticed this red one blooming. A commercial praises the “power of red” and looking in my garden I see why. I see why red is used for stop signs. […]

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The Redhead was looking for the perfect dress and found a “drool-worthy one” yesterday. Scheherazade has found a pretty dress too. I’m not looking for one at the moment (no weddings to attend!), but on Friday a Land’s End catalog enticed me with its cover advertising “best fit swimsuits”. Flipping through the pages I saw […]

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Through Lisa Williams I found a link to Knitting, playing musical instruments good for post traumatic stress says UK psychologist . I wonder if this therapy applies to cookie-baking too. Sure, the chocolate and margarine appeal to my anxiety, that temptation to escape into sugar and fat. Yet I find when I am feeling stressed […]

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