JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

A recent article in Time magazine titled Where ‘Check Please’ Is Your Call introduced me to the One World Everybody Eats foundation. From their website:

The One World Everybody Eats foundation is an outgrowth of One World Cafe in Salt Lake City, Utah. The cafe began with an epiphany by owner Denise Cerreta in mid [...]

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If the week between Christmas and New Year is a good time to announce a presidential campaign (by the way, my favorite post of Robert Scoble’s from his time with John Edwards is his Things I Learned and I noted this Time article too), then it’s a good enough time to announce our new family [...]

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After I wrote our holiday letter I realized that I had a number of pictures in my Flickr account to accompany the summary of the year. So here are a few excerpts with the photos and explanations. I’ve also added at the end some pictures that I like from the year.

The girls waited with banners [...]

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No I’m not talking about the composers of Silent Night, Away in a Manger or Jingle Bells, who are remembered each December through their creations. I’m talking about George Michael, Wham! and Last Christmas (wow, it has its own Wikipedia entry) which , in an ironic and oxymoronic sense, has never seemed to have a [...]

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After losing someone you love, December is difficult. I have a hard time explaining that my calendar is busy during the holiday season, not because of celebrations but because my family often takes time to remember my brother who passed away seven years ago. Death changes December. The culture is caught up in getting stuff [...]

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Christmas took a back seat this December to other excitement. That’s okay. It’s not a sacred day, and it’s hard to compete with a visit from a favorite uncle, an amazing wedding and a record power outage, the three weekends prior to the holiday. So my reflections this year are simple and short.

Speaking of Christmas [...]

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Here is what I wish I could give you for 2007: good health for you and your computer! I didn’t realize how much I took for granted until 2006. This year I went to the doctor more than I wanted to go. Of course, who wants to go to the doctor? I am fine now [...]

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I’ve been tagged, once, twice, now three times (thanks, Nancy, Jory and Betsy!), so I should fulfill my duty with this meme. Responses often seem to be in either the category of hidden talents from childhood or strange trivia. It is as revealing and intriguing to read various disclosures as it is to see how [...]

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