Monthly Archives: February 2009

the great call of china by cynthea liu

cynthea is my heroine!she’s the master mind behind thefabulous site, authors now! ontop of that, she has TWO books comingout this year and has a little one aswell. how she manages it all, i know not!her debut novel, the great call of china isout now!About The Great Call of China
Chinese-born Cece was adopted [...]

happiness is.

i painted sunflowers, daffodils and periwinkles today.i defy anyone to look at these flowers in the gardenand not instantly feel happy! they are just so joyfuland sunshiny! alas, my daffodil painting is only arough one done in black ink. the periwinkles werea lot of fun, and i can’t wait to render these flowersin their glorious [...]

last look at london

here we are, mid-february, and i still
haven’t finished posting london fotos!
on our last full day in the city, the love
wanted to go visit the natural history museum.
unfortunately, so did everyone else, and
there was a giant queue to get inside.
there was an ice skating rink outside
along with some stands for crafts, clothes
and food!
i’ve never been before, [...]

winnie’s war by jenny moss

happy monday, everyone! i hopeyou all had a lovely weekend. today, i’mthrilled to kick off the week with another2009 deb tour stop here! winnie’s war byjenny moss is out in a bookstore near you!
About Winnie’s War
A debut novel set against the backdrop of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918.
Life in Winnie’s sleepy town [...]

emotional

i had an emotionally difficult week.i found out on monday that a friendfrom sweet pea’s play group lost herhusband in a tragic freak accident.they have bubs the same age as mymunchkin and sweet pea–and the futurewas bright.
yesterday, i attended my first funeraland couldn’t stop bawling. my friendhandled it all with such grace.i’ve kept myself busy [...]