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Starry Night Calligraphy, Redondo Beach, CA (2026)

10/10/2021

Happy 110th National Day to Taiwan! 🇹🇼 This is a handlettered map I did nearly four years ago, of the beautiful island where I was born & raised.
#🇹🇼 #世界日報 #雙十節快樂 #國慶日 #中華民國 #台灣 #1911

02/06/2021

Christopher Plummer
1929–2021 💙

12/24/2020

Wishing you peace, joy, and a merry little Christmas. 🎄

Originally written by Hugh Martin & Ralph Blaine for Judy Garland in 1943, my favourite version of this song was recorded in 2017 by Swedish sisters, First Aid, live from BBC Radio 2.

11/01/2020

Deborah Harkness's "A Discovery of Witches" got me through the beginning of this pandemic and transported me to another world where .
The first season of the British-made series starring Matthew Goode & featured Oxford so beautifully that it made my heart ache with memories of the two years my husband & I lived there as newlyweds in 2007.
The second season casts Outlander's as Gallowglass in one of the best crossovers I could have ever hoped for and is set to premiere on January 8th, 2021 on in the UK and on January 9th on & in the US and Canada.
For this All Hallows' Eve, I give you 's opening words to her fantastic novel, written in the Italic hand with a Brause 3mm nib in walnut ink on mottled parchment paper.

07/22/2020

Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796), died at the age of 37 on this day 224 years ago.
His "Auld Lang Syne" makes me cry every New Year's Eve––in many Asian countries, it is referred to as "the farewell song" and played during graduation ceremonies––and I just couldn't say no to creating this piece of "A Red, Red Rose" as a special anniversary gift for a couple who had it sung at their wedding.
"Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run."
Words to "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns, 1794, written here in the Uncial hand with a Brause 1.5mm nib along with the Tudor Rose & thistle motif in gouache on deckled cold press watercolour .
#1796 @ Redondo Beach, California

07/04/2020

Can't seem to listen to Paul Simon's "American Tune" without crying these days. Hope you all are getting some rest and finding moments of peace this 4th of July weekend. 💙
“Oh, but it’s all right, it’s all right
For we’ve lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road
We’re traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can’t help it, I wonder what’s gone wrong”
Music & lyrics by , 1973, written here in the Italic hand with a Brause 2.5mm nib in 4001 Royal Blue ink on Text Wove.

#1973 @ Redondo Beach, California

05/29/2020

London-based print & design company moo.com is my #1 go-to for business cards & postcards. I first heard about them when we lived in Oxford in 2008 and when I designed my first business cards six years ago, I was so glad to see that they also had offices here in the US.

Last summer, I redesigned my logo in a flourished Copperplate hand––thanks to Anintran for her helpful critique!––and tried MOO's gold foil for the first time on a matte midnight blue and absolutely love the sparkle! ✨

I also love their fun & cheeky vibe, their awesome designs, the quality of their products (and value for money!), their user-friendly website, the quick turnaround, and their outstanding customer service.

If you'd like to give them a try, sign up via my referral link to get 25% off your first order!
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05/29/2020

London-based print & design company moo.com is my #1 go-to for business cards & postcards. I first heard about them when we lived in Oxford in 2008 and when I designed my first business cards six years ago, I was so glad to see that they also had offices here in the US.

Last summer, I redesigned my logo in a flourished Copperplate hand––thanks to Anintran for her helpful critique!––and tried MOO's gold foil for the first time on a matte midnight blue and absolutely love the sparkle! ✨

I also love their fun & cheeky vibe, their awesome designs, the quality of their products (and value for money!), their user-friendly website, the quick turnaround, and their outstanding customer service.

If you'd like to give them a try, sign up via my referral link to get 25% off your first order!
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05/10/2020

Thank you to all the Mamas who gave us this world and each day in it. 💕

Did I watch the Season 5 finale of ? Yes, yes I did. Wonderful performances by Sam Heughan & Caitriona Balfe as always, and especially loved Lauren Lyle's scene with Ian on the Ridge––just so special. This is going to be a long one.

"The world and each day in it is a gift, mo chridhe––no matter what tomorrow may be." - Jamie Fraser to his wife Claire on the morning of his 50th birthday; Chapter 58 in Diana Gabaldon's "The Fiery Cross" and featured in Outlander Episode 507, "The Ballad of Roger Mac".

Written in the Italic hand with a Brause 2.5mm nib in a mixture of Winsor & Newton Zinc White gouache and Dr.Ph.Martin's Bleed Proof White on textured paper from la Papeterie St. Armand in Montréal.

02/14/2020

Jamie & Claire’s marriage certificate inspired by Diana Gabaldon’s , on display in the Participants Exhibit at the conference in Pomona, CA now through Monday.

Got to see the author Herself along with Sam Heughan & and the rest of the beautiful cast in person at the Outlander Season 5 premiere event last night . The episode’s been released a few days early for Valentine’s Day so hop over to STARZ and soak up the love!! 💕

Written in Winsor & Newton and Royal Talens gouache with Brause nibs of varying sizes on Italian-made Antique heavyweight paper from Paper & Ink Arts.

@ Kellogg West

02/08/2020

So looking forward to the return of Jamie Fraser––played by none other than Sam Heughan––and the rest of the clan in Season 5 of Outlander!

Nine sleeps until the premiere next Sunday, February 16th! Je suis prest! 😆

Jamie's full name written here in a serifed, flat-angle Uncial hand with a Speedball Art Products C-2 nib in Winsor & Newton gouache and Royal Talens Deep Gold gouache on Carta Fabriano Artistico 140lb hot press paper.

Happy Friday, everyone!

@ Los Angeles, California.

02/01/2020

Give me a thousand kisses. Then a thousand more. ❤️

A few lines from Catullus's poem, "Lesbia", translated from Latin into English by Richard Crashaw and quoted by Diana Gabaldon in "Outlander" as follows:
. . da mi basia mille, diende centum,
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum . . .

Then let amourous kisses dwell
On our lips, begin and tell
A Thousand, and a Hundred, score
A Hundred, and a Thousand more...

Written in English Roundhand with a Blanzy Montgolfier pointed nib in Royal Talens Deep Gold gouache on Stonehenge paper from McManus & Morgan.

Season 5 of Outlander premieres two weeks this Sunday! 😆

@ Los Angeles, California.

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