JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

On the street outside our neighborhood crews are creating a sidewalk. Or so I’ve heard. Right now all I know is that it is affecting how fast I can get where I want to go. Machines have taken down trees, stripping away a familiar layer of woods to expose thin pines, and workers direct traffic […]

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For Ilona, especially, who has a lovely garden blog but no cherries this year. I like how she describes her botanical adventures with elegance and insight. Her advice and poetic wording inspire me. Today she wrote Gardening , when it once catches a place in your heart, is a lifetime pursuit. And so is good […]

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The other day the girls over lunch were discussing what they want to do with their lives. I learned that six year old Abigail and three year old Michaela now each want four kids. And then they talked about when they wanted to have these kids, tossing out random ages, since any number beyond age […]

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The Bainbridge Review in a publication quoted local author David Guterson (from Harpers Magazine July 1996): In a universe that is infinite and incomprehensible – in a world that is increasingly beyond all control – islands offer definition. They are every bit a fool’s paradise and at the same time an antidote to reality… Bainbridge […]

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An article in the Bremerton Sun this spring described the history behind Bainbridge Island’s Frog Rock. This split boulder, painted green with red lips and large amphibian eyeballs, is an island landmark and one that I enjoy seeing out the window, on the rare occasion that we drive up to the north end. I like […]

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