Grace Lin's Blog, page 76
May 10, 2012
Pocket Pacy in San Diego and April Winners!
Lovely reader Miranda took her Pocket Pacy to San Diego!
Pocket Pacy got to see beach at the Cabrillo National Monument at low tide:
and explore all of the cool marine life found in the tidepools:
I think Pocket Pacy is really lucky to have a friend like Miranda, don't you?
Don't forget, you can win your own Pocket Pacy, just like Miranda! The Pocket Pacy Giveaway is still going on (click HERE for more info). In fact, I would like to announce this month's winners! Drum roll, please...
Isabella TanMargaret Theresa SchwartzJenna Mar
Yay! If you see your name and do not hear from me this week, please feel free to contact me with your name & mailing address and I'll send your Pocket acy out to you! Winners have been chosen at random (though, I will be posting my some of my favorites on my blog every week). If you have sent me a picture and your name was not chosen this month, you don't have to send me another picture--your name stays in the hat for the next drawing.
Pocket Pacy got to see beach at the Cabrillo National Monument at low tide:
and explore all of the cool marine life found in the tidepools:
I think Pocket Pacy is really lucky to have a friend like Miranda, don't you?
Don't forget, you can win your own Pocket Pacy, just like Miranda! The Pocket Pacy Giveaway is still going on (click HERE for more info). In fact, I would like to announce this month's winners! Drum roll, please...
Isabella TanMargaret Theresa SchwartzJenna Mar
Yay! If you see your name and do not hear from me this week, please feel free to contact me with your name & mailing address and I'll send your Pocket acy out to you! Winners have been chosen at random (though, I will be posting my some of my favorites on my blog every week). If you have sent me a picture and your name was not chosen this month, you don't have to send me another picture--your name stays in the hat for the next drawing.
May 9, 2012
hello, rain dragon!
It's no secret that posts on my blog are almost always a week to two weeks behind the real event. And it's the same with this one. But I've been busy, really!
Because I'd like to announce the arrival of Rain Dragon!
Welcome, Hazel Maisy!
(Maisy is our Americanized version of her Chinese name Mei Zhi, meaning beautiful and wise)
Because I'd like to announce the arrival of Rain Dragon!
Welcome, Hazel Maisy!
(Maisy is our Americanized version of her Chinese name Mei Zhi, meaning beautiful and wise)
May 8, 2012
The Art of Grace Lin
As LM Montgomery writes Anne's House of Dreams, I'm starting to count my days "like silver beads on a rosary," which means my traveling days are over for the immediate future. But when the Katonah Museum, who is putting on an exhibit of my work "The Art of Grace Lin," wanted me to be a part of their program how could I say no?
Enter in the magical technology of Skype! Now, I have done a limited number of Skype visits in the past, and I have to say I'm not really a fan. Right now, if I do them, I only do 15 minute Q&A sessions for free because they tend to be more frustrating than valuable (for me or the students). I always feel like I am shouting into the computer and the connection usually freezes 2 or 3 times.
However, this time, the internet behaved and the visit went flawlessly! I could feel the friendliness of the visitors across the interwebs, everyone had great questions and I even read some of my book. Perhaps I'll have to consider doing Skype visits as more of a regular thing, they certainly are convenient...
The Art of Grace Lin exhibit shows until September 2nd at the Katonah Museum, 134 Jay Street - Route 22 Katonah, NY 10536 call ( 914)232-9555 for more info.
May 7, 2012
on my desk monday
They say when you're expecting, the "nesting instinct" comes on strong. Well, it's true in my case. Because even though it is 70 degrees, I am shopping for afghans and blankets. Which is why when this gift came in the mail, I was especially thrilled:
It's a beautiful, homemade quilt made by Winifred Weng (a friend made by her daughter, Charlotte's enjoyment of Year of the Dog). There's a little inscription sewn in:
as well as a dragon quilted in it! In honor of Rain Dragon!
Isn't it gorgeous? I love the colors. And if that wasn't enough, the cutest hedgehog was also included:
Wow! Thanks so much, Winifred and Charlotte!
It's a beautiful, homemade quilt made by Winifred Weng (a friend made by her daughter, Charlotte's enjoyment of Year of the Dog). There's a little inscription sewn in:
as well as a dragon quilted in it! In honor of Rain Dragon!
Isn't it gorgeous? I love the colors. And if that wasn't enough, the cutest hedgehog was also included:
Wow! Thanks so much, Winifred and Charlotte!
May 6, 2012
Sunday Chinese School
Welcome to Sunday Chinese School, where we learn a Chinese word (or phrase) a week with my mom!Today's word is:
butterfly
húdié
蝴蝶
May 5, 2012
on the way to the grocery store
This was actually on the way back from my school visit at Cape Elizabeth:
A missing 11th commandment, you think?
A missing 11th commandment, you think?
May 4, 2012
fortune cookie friday
"A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground."
-Chinese Proverb
May 3, 2012
Pocket Pacy Picture of the Week
Lovely reader Margaret sent this picture in:
She would take Pocket Pacy to the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee!
*Don't forget, you can win your own Pocket Pacy by doing a drawing just like this! See details HERE!
She would take Pocket Pacy to the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee!
*Don't forget, you can win your own Pocket Pacy by doing a drawing just like this! See details HERE!
May 2, 2012
winding down in Cape Elizabeth
With just a handful of visits left (I tried to squeeze as many in now as I won't be doing so many after Rain Dragon arrives), one of my last visits was at the picturesque Cape Elizabeth in Maine:
The Sasquatch actually didn't mind accompanying me on this one as we got to take a morning stroll on the beach:
I even found a piece of seaglass! It's funny, last summer I searched the whole time during our beach vacation for sea glass and only found a couple pieces (and I was so disappointed that the Sasquatch bought me a seaglass necklace for my birthday). And here, I found a piece in 10 minutes!
And my good luck continued, because when I went to the school I was welcomed with smiling dragons:
hanging lanterns:
and dragon parades:
Here's a video of one of them:
Also, a whole table of fortune cookies:
With hilarious fortunes:
"You will get 6 Golden retriever puppies"
"Beware never believe advertisements and commercials espeshally bobs furniture"
(Methinks someone got a bad deal at a Bob's furniture store)
"You will never die"
"You will get a rootbeer."
(I particularly liked the juxtaposition of these two)
I hope this one comes true:
"You will get something you wanted this year."
But I already feel pretty lucky after visiting such a fun school! Thanks so much, Cape Elizabeth!
The Sasquatch actually didn't mind accompanying me on this one as we got to take a morning stroll on the beach:
I even found a piece of seaglass! It's funny, last summer I searched the whole time during our beach vacation for sea glass and only found a couple pieces (and I was so disappointed that the Sasquatch bought me a seaglass necklace for my birthday). And here, I found a piece in 10 minutes!
And my good luck continued, because when I went to the school I was welcomed with smiling dragons:
hanging lanterns:
and dragon parades:
Here's a video of one of them:
Also, a whole table of fortune cookies:
With hilarious fortunes:
"You will get 6 Golden retriever puppies"
"Beware never believe advertisements and commercials espeshally bobs furniture"(Methinks someone got a bad deal at a Bob's furniture store)
"You will never die""You will get a rootbeer."
(I particularly liked the juxtaposition of these two)
I hope this one comes true:
"You will get something you wanted this year."But I already feel pretty lucky after visiting such a fun school! Thanks so much, Cape Elizabeth!
May 1, 2012
booktalk tuesday
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExuperyIndieBound Description:
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's new translation of the beloved classic-published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's birth-beautifully reflects Saint-Exupéry's unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators of our time, has excelled in bringing the English text as close as possible to the French, in language, style, and most important, spirit. The artwork in this new edition has been restored to match in detail and in color Saint-Exupéry's original artwork.
My Thoughts:
I know some people hate this book and find it overly sentimental and bordering on trite. But I don't find it that way, I think it is charming and lovely, poetic and beautiful. I'm not 100% sold on this new translation but I love the restored artwork.
