Grace Lin's Blog, page 25
September 5, 2014
fortune cookie friday
"Learning is a weightless treasure you always carry easy."
- Chinese Proverb
September 3, 2014
this week in our garden
I used to think theAsian tradition of carving jade into shapes of vegetables was rather silly but now I am beginning to understand. For few things are lovelier than the round, smooth, lustre of thriving peas...and eating them:
And, here come the tomatoes:
September 1, 2014
on my desk monday
There are two versions of Dim Sum for Everyone! on my desk! Why? Because it just came out in board book (and I had to compare).
It looks great!! I have to say, just like the baby board book edition of Bringing in the New Year, I think I might like it better as a board book than a picture book. I know Rain Dragon does:
It looks great!! I have to say, just like the baby board book edition of Bringing in the New Year, I think I might like it better as a board book than a picture book. I know Rain Dragon does:
August 29, 2014
fortune cookie friday
“To understand everything is to forgive everything.”
- Buddha
August 27, 2014
Second Haircut for Robert
Second Haircut for Robert
a loss of vanity is a small price to payconsideringI once thought I would go greywith you
Robert Mercer 5/30/72-8/27/07August 26, 2014
this week in our garden
And now the peas are ripe!
Rain Dragon tastes fresh, right-off-the-vine peas for the first time:
She approves!
and it is a feast of peas:
Rain Dragon tastes fresh, right-off-the-vine peas for the first time:
She approves!
and it is a feast of peas:
August 25, 2014
on my desk monday
I can't enjoy the last bits of the summer sun as I am pegging away at my novel. So, I brought a little sun inside in form of a flower:
Plus, I'm hopingthe presence of flowers while I am writing is good luck.
Plus, I'm hopingthe presence of flowers while I am writing is good luck.
August 22, 2014
fortune cookie friday
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
- Buddha
August 20, 2014
this week in our garden
The beans are ready to be picked! Rain Dragon is thrilled at our harvest:
Because there's enough for dinner:
as well as a separate bunch just for her:
Because there's enough for dinner:
as well as a separate bunch just for her:
August 18, 2014
on my desk monday
So, I'm pegging away at the new novel. I've had to elaborate on my scrawled map from when I was writing Starry River of the Sky so that the geography matches with that book as well as Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
My big dream is that three books are put in a box set and I can include a beautifully drawn map! But I guess I should really just dream of finishing this book, first...
My big dream is that three books are put in a box set and I can include a beautifully drawn map! But I guess I should really just dream of finishing this book, first...
