JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

No snow outside but if I squint I can see a glint of white in the frost across the mailbox and grass. Nothing exciting; no sign that the weather knows it is a holiday today. Hopes were high after hearing the possibility of snow in the forecast, but we got green and rain again this […]

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Here are some pictures from our Christmas celebration: homemade goodies…. and a visit from the Christmas gorilla… …who let our daughters borrow his head and feet

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Earlier this year I blogged about our friend Erika who participated in a study and learned that her breast milk contained flame retardants . What surprised me especially was that we know how healthy a lifestyle she keeps, and yet she still has toxic chemicals in her body. Today’s Seattle Times contained two more articles […]

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Finished up Elisabeth’s chalky white Augmentin this morning but still have a few more days of Abigail’s pink Cephalexin to go. I dropped the bottle of antibiotic into the trash and sat down briefly at my desk in the kitchen for a few minutes to peek at blogs, as I do sometimes during meals when […]

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While I was creating and wrapping gifts these past few days, I heard some intriguing sounds on the radio news…I enjoyed this NPR report about the celesta a musical instrument which Tchaikovsky used for the sound of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Christmas Eve at 1 am or so, I heard a story on the BBC […]

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