JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

The Redhead had trouble sleeping last night and so did I. After Ted fell asleep I was awake for a while longer. The day’s images of sudden loss lay heavy on my mind. How ephemeral it all seemed. I lay there, enjoying my husband’s embrace but wondering “What about tomorrow?” I tried to sleep. I […]

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I’m grateful Lisa Williams set up a PayPal account for donations to help Jay McCarthy and his family recover from the fire at their home yesterday. I’m sorry for their tragedy but glad everyone in his family was okay. After I read Jay’s post describing the fire, yesterday afternoon, I drove to the grocery store […]

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In addition to Lisa William’s kayak excursion, this morning I also woke up while reading Lenn Pryor’s post on Lessons in Life From Two Cats: I stood by and watched as a 6′ 2″ grown man with children balled uncontrollably in my driveway. He had lost a friend of many years and it was if […]

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Just the other day I was making a list in my mind of all the Christine Dente songs that talk about time. Then I checked her web site and saw that she has posted another journal entry, this one about time, inspired by her fortieth birthday and woven from her lyrics. Children are brilliant refractors […]

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I love this color – I think it almost talks to me – although I also think I need to find a better word than “orange” to describe it.

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