i got these images from the greenwillow facebookpage! (are you a fan? cause you really should be! =)it’s the harpercollins children’s section of books and ARCs at the ALA midwinter conferencelast week!!
can you spot SILVER PHOENIX in thesecond foto? there are some great books comingout summer 2009 from harpercollins.
i spent this morning painting bunnies forthe [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
shhh! don’t tell!
January 29, 2009 – 8:09 pm
it’s a beautiful day
January 28, 2009 – 10:02 pm
*running along the frozen slush that is the
english estuary. yes, sweet pea has her hat over
her face. it was that cold. ha!
yesterday morning i woke feeling full of
life and optimism, grateful for everything
i have and each day’s little blessings. i often
get this joyful feeling in random moments,
where my chest fills with happiness and i wish
i [...]
the company i keep
January 26, 2009 – 5:30 am
happy lunar new year!i’m sending sweet pea and munchkinto school with red envelopes with chocciecoins to distribute tomorrow. 8)i’ve been keeping busy painting forthe picture book. i’m excited about it!the heroine of the book will be a chickee.
i spent the weekend reading fellowsummer release and greenwillowitesuzanne crowley’s the stolen one. iwish i had written [...]
the year of the ox
January 21, 2009 – 10:03 pm
next week will herald the lunarnew year–and the year of the golden ox.it is also my year. i’ll be turning 36 inaugust. and i bet you a beligan praline you’venever had the following conversation withyour mother–which is also why i love her so!
[convo conducted in mandarin on her partand chinglish on mine.]
mom : it’s chinese [...]
the london banquet
January 20, 2009 – 12:59 am
this is going to be a serious
london food post. grab a cracker
or roll or something and hold on tight.
don’t say i didn’t warn you. 8)
so the english aren’t known for their
culinary efforts. when i think english
food, i think slabs of meat, veggies boiled
to death until they are absolutely tasteless,
fish n chips, bangers and mash, jellied [...]