JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Isolation may not be an election issue, but on Bainbridge Island it’s a women’s issue. Cathy Nickum, columnist in the Bainbridge Island Review, again writes with accurate insight about island life in today’s edition of the paper. Wondering what she can do to “act locally” after the election, she decides to work on on women’s […]

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When I saw Ted’s post on packathon, I thought he was writing about our recent luggage lifestyle. Of the past 18 days, Ted has been gone for 10. I’ve been away for 3. Include the week we went to LA, and of the past 25 days we’ve all been at home for 5, a total […]

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While visiting a hospital clinic in Seattle today, I was surprised to discover reading material taped to the tile wall beside the restroom toilet: tips for a safer flu season from Dr. Jeff Duchin, Chief of Epidemiology, Public Health in Seattle and King County. I thought that the cutest point, so to speak was Learn […]

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It’s good stuff. I’ve been drinking a lot of it. And reading it too. “No,” says my mother, “that’s what a real family is like. All this phoniness, all this pretending, here in US. People are so afraid to talk. They are lonely.” Like all immigrants, my mother has a narrative that says this is […]

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Others might have to live with my mistakes but I can only live with them for so long. Sunday night I decided to try to paint the bathroom again. I had hoped that adding a second bottle of color would hide the errors from the first, but I soon realized that the application process for […]

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