is it really and truly february??
i have this theory that time takes on
a snowball effect as one gets older. imagine
calendar pages of months flipping faster and
faster and faster… i’m sure some physicist
can prove this somehow?
february and i have yet to post my christmas
london fotos! today is my tribute to one of the
best greek restaurants i’ve [...]

Category Archives: funsies
it’s all greek to me
February 1, 2010 – 9:31 pm
a book by sweet pea
January 22, 2010 – 9:29 am
sweet pea came home from school yesterday
excitedly telling me she had made a book for me.
and this is its cover. tell me it’s not the cutest thing
you’ve ever seen? of course “j” is her and “c” is me,
curly hair and all. =D
we’re holding books! here is an excerpt from her story,
errors included. (it was a [...]
and the next six years
January 18, 2010 – 9:26 pm
i forgot to mention that i started my chinese
brush painting classes in 2001. a very frustrated,
impatient why can’t i paint beautifully right NOW
right AWAY brush art student. =)
we visited san francisco on my 30th birthday
in august 2003, when i was around seven months pregnant
with sweet pea. fotos were taken, me with my
rotund belly, but i [...]
the first three years
January 13, 2010 – 3:40 pm
my intention was to do a decade look back.
i don’t usually do this type of retrospective post,
but so much has happened for me between 2000-2009,
i thought it would be a fun endeavor.
i began collecting fotos and realized that it will
have to be divided into two posts, at least!
in 2000, i was just finishing my masters [...]
silver phoenix indonesian cover
December 7, 2009 – 8:56 pm
i’m very excited to share the indonesia
cover for Silver Phoenix! the publisher let me
know that my book went on sale last week
abroad! so exciting!
do you love the cover?
i think it’s gorgeous in a mysterious
quiet way. i was shown the cover before
the books went into print and i only had
two comments. one was suggesting the
chinese characters [...]