JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

When we returned from our trip to Italy years ago, I went to our post office in Cupertino, CA and asked for our mail. The postal worker refused. She looked at me and said: “You don’t look like a Leung.” Instead of being satisfied with my signature on a form, she insisted on seeing picture […]

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When we moved to the island, I realized I needed a new way to exercise. Ted’s schedule changed so I wasn’t able to go for a walk or run outside before he left for work. I was pregnant and desperate. In this condition, I have made a few decisions that have impacted our lives… At […]

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It finally happened. While we were driving down the road somewhere west of Sunriver and east of Clackamas, Oregon. When we became parents, it was as if we imagined a camera in our hands constantly. We bought equipment, determined to capture those moments, take them prisoner for posterity with exquisite digital detail. But sometimes the […]

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Hot and uncomfortable, I wrote earlier this year. The amount of conflict in our lives has increased through the past few months. Everywhere we go seems to be at war. Communities dissolving and dividing. I have wished for a way to escape or a wand to wave and fix it with magic. It seems that […]

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Ted, the girls and I disappeared to Sunriver, Oregon for the past several days. It was our first time to this resort town in central Oregon and our first week-long family vacation. Following are my notes and pictures….

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