it’s difficult for me to believethat ivy is a common garden spider.she looks anything but to me.for all of you i scare with my spideyfotos–you’ll be glad to know thativy is gone. =( i’m hoping she moved.she didn’t last more than a week or soin her little spot amongst the ivy leaves.i don’t know why, [...]

Category Archives: spirit bound
mounting excitement *
September 16, 2008 – 11:50 pm
so i think i said that visitingextraordinary desserts is a raretreat. then i go just about everyweek. haha! it’s been abusy summer with lots of friendsvisiting, birthdays thrown in, thereforeall the tasty treats.
i was so happy to see my favoritedessert displayed! the mini appletart. powdered sugar is my friend.i was tempted to buy for the [...]
east coast west
September 15, 2008 – 2:07 am
i spent over five hours yesterdayat starbucks revising. i’m excitedby these changes–not only do theyhelp to increase tension, but i’mdoing some foreshadowing for thesequel, too.
when i began writing my novel,i didn’t know the ending (tho iknew my climax almost fromthe start). i think deep down,i always suspected there wasa sequel. but i’m strange withmy writing [...]
first round done!
August 18, 2008 – 8:38 pm
i’m scanning in chapter illustrationsright now. just for personal reference.i’d still like to do one more illustrationbefore sending the batch to virginia.what do you think of the above one?it ties in directly to a key scene in the novel.
haha!
actually, that is a birthdaydrawing that sweet pea did for me.isn’t it awesome? that’s a self-portraitof [...]
will the real cindy pon please stand up?
August 14, 2008 – 8:06 pm
i love seashells.this is my collection fromour ten year anniversarytrip to fiji last april.of note :
1. the giant triton horn wepurchased from a village on anisland across from our resort.only when we were going throughcustoms (and my precious shell hadbeen wrapped carefully and checkedin with the luggage) that i found outit was illegal to take [...]