JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

In November, we planted a tree for my brother Jim in the Bainbridge Library’s memorial garden, dedicated to those who suffered from cancer. Special thanks to Ann Lovejoy and the Friday Tidy crew at the library for all their work, care, compassion and understanding. It’s a beautiful place, a strip of land between the parking […]

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Yesterday we released my brother’s ashes into the Pacific Ocean. Jim died five years ago this December, after suffering three brain tumors in his young life. (I’ve described missing him at Thanksgiving, on his birthday and the anniversary of his death last year.) Four of us went to the beach on the Olympic Peninsula. My […]

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The speakers and schedule for the Northern Voice conference in Vancouver B.C. on February 19 were announced today. I am honored to have been selected to be a speaker and a panel participant. Many other bloggers are on the schedule also, some I’ve already met including Robert Scoble, Jay Dedman and Roland Tanglao and I’m […]

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Listening to a Seattle classical music station one recent Saturday morning, I began to laugh. Another Victoria Clipper ad was on the air, with it’s familiar refrain. I have heard these spots often enough to ignore them. But the new marketing strategy made me laugh. I learned that it is now possible to take the […]

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For dinner last night Abigail and I made lasagne. Michaela helped too. It was a small assembly line between the three of us preparing the various layers (with uncooked noodles). Then we sat down together at the table to eat. The kids try to remember to say thank you to the cook, especially if they […]

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