a few weekends ago, i was very happy to attend
my friend, lisa’s, signing at Mysterious Galaxy
for her debut, Rock Paper Tiger.
it’s gotten great press and critical reviews!
American Iraq War veteran Ellie Cooper is down and out
in Beijing when a chance encounter with a Uighur—a member
of a Chinese Muslim minority—at the home of her sort-of
boyfriend Lao [...]
i had such a lovely full packed three
days in san francisco. it rained off and on
but in the end, we had two days of beautiful
gorgeous weather. and we packed in many locations
(mostly for bubs!) to visit as well as restaurants to
eat at. =)
started off monday morning with a authorly
date at tartine. met with the lovely [...]
i gift my brush painting teacher an amaryllis each
year. this year, i had chosen one that was a deep
rich crimson. this is my attempt at its portrait. =)
i used the same one and a half shuen paper i had
used for blobby cat with quasi-disastrous results.
the flower blobbed out more than i wanted in much
of the [...]
i did have some time for daydreamingwhile driving up to my mom’s last week.and i found myself thinking about mygrandparents–their rather tragic lives andhow very little i know about them.
my mom had just returned from a tripto taiwan, and brought an old foto albumfor me. so old that the front cover had tornoff. the first [...]
got back from visiting family latethursday night to find an email fromvirginia asking for a final set of minorrevisions. due monday! then we’re offto copyedits! no big deal, except the loveis gone on a trip for work. i’m waitingfor him to come home this morning so ican finish up on these revisions.
read an excellent article [...]