JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Ted went out with friends to the midnight showing at the movies tonight so I’m home alone with chocolate. It’s not sour grapes; instead it’s sweet. I couldn’t resist trying these new colors of MnM’s, although I don’t know why these pastel hues are considered Jedi tones. Then at another store, I found the Darth […]

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On Monday my new machine arrived: a 12″ PowerBook. [Elisabeth conveniently played with a piece of packing material while Ted took the picture!] It’s officially the first computer for me. The laptop I use now is a leftover from Ted’s consulting days. Before that, I shared Ted’s machine, getting up early so I could email. […]

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Images from Thursday May 5: The day after I had responded to Doc Searl’s Linux Journal piece on the flat world, I spied these items on sale. Doc had written:In first grade they put me in the slow reading group, because I was uncomfortable reading out loud. I could read; but for me reading Dick […]

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Wendy has been shopping for veils, to her own surprise. Her post on her wedding plans in progress helped me remember my own veil. Our current customs for nuptials originated from several different sources, according to this site. When I was getting married I didn’t know that the veil had once been a way to […]

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We draw lines inside ourselves and don’t realize it. Or maybe we do. Perhaps we are gnostics, separating our bodies from our souls, disregarding and dismissing the discomforts. Or we were taught that etiquette requires us to say we are fine when we are not so we nod when asked “how are you?”. As we […]

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