JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

I imagined this skull at the zoo outside the gorilla cage was a prop for a Shakespearean play, awaiting the performance of a simian Hamlet.

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The BlogHer Conference ‘05 was officially announced for July 30 in Santa Clara, CA on blogher.org earlier this month.

BlogHer Conference ‘05 will provide an open, inclusive forum to:
1. Discuss the role of women within the larger blog community
2. Examine the developing (and debatable) code of blogging ethics
3. Discover how blogging is shrinking the world and [...]

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No, diapering does not make you ditzy. Motherhood, argues a new book, makes you smarter
After a rough week, I was happy to find [via Ghost Word], a Time magazine interview with Katherine Ellison, author of The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter:

My argument is that there are many surprising and fundamental ways [...]

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When the camera arrived, a few weeks ago, I ran down the street the following morning to record the dogwood blossoms. These native flowering trees are one of my favorite signs of Northwest spring. But the blooms are already fading and flopping, brown around the edges of the petals, no longer fresh and white. After [...]

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According to Cathy Nickum of Bainbridge Buzz, quoting an account manager at Qwest, that title belongs to our little island with 44% of us on-line with DSL. I suspect this statistic reflects the nature of our community: the combination of living in a technology-rich region as well as the desire to work from home [...]

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I’m behind on my list of potential blogging topics, and especially behind in linking to local bloggers I’ve discovered, including one anonymous one.
Last month Mike Houser started a Technorati feed for “bainbridge island”. Subscribing to the feed has been an excellent way to discover who is writing, living and visiting on our community [...]

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Last month I was treated to lunch at Shima, a new restaurant on Bainbridge Island featuring organic vegetables and meats. The chefs prepare whatever is fresh so the menu varies daily. I ordered the vegetable sushi which was pleasing to the eye and to the appetite. Although the restaurant is small in size, the decor [...]

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Taking place in Bainbridge Island’s Grand Forest. The girls and I took a walk in the woods a couple weeks ago and enjoyed the trillium blooming. Soon the flowers fade from white to purple so go now and see the show!

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All weblog writers residing on the island are invited to the inaugural Bainbridge Bloggers Bash this Saturday April 30. It should be a fun time of sharing potluck supper and hanging out together. For more details, please comment below or email harrowme AT yahoo.com
Hope to see everyone there!

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Earlier this month, a pile of pink tulips turned a dreaded long drive on the highway into a delight.

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