JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Monday set a record for the amount of rain – 5.02 inches in Seattle! Record Rain Hits Rainy City The previous record was 3.41 inches set in 1959. It was a hard day for our family. The girls were tired after staying up late Sunday night. So they were cranky. I was tired too. And […]

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From the state of WA, as Elisabeth’s mother, I received in the mail the brochure “Fish Facts for Good Health” and a link to a website too. There is a chart of how much canned tuna a person should eat, based on body weight, and lists of “what is the right kind of fish?” with […]

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It’s rare for our family to all sit down and watch television. We don’t really have a TV, but we can access it via Ted’s computer, with a big antenna on the floor of his office. It’s not ideal but it works, at least most of the time. Why do we watch TV as a […]

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Last week we went away as a family for a few days to Port Angeles, where we got a much-needed break. Ted had finished the copy-edits for his book only a few days earlier, and he has also had a couple other things keeping him pretty busy as well. It was a blessing to stay […]

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Today I went out and got the island newspaper from the box, unfolding it on the coffee table. Another yellow sticky note ad shouted from the front page, where it was placed, advertising for “evening and weekend childcare” at a local montessori school. “GET AWAY!” the ad proclaimed in big bold letters. Abigail looked at […]

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