Today, I received the most amazing package in the mail from my Italian publisher, Nord. Inside was a marketing folder---designed to share the Italian edition of my first book, The Violets of March, with bookstores in Italy (it will be called "Il diario di velluto

I love book covers (obviously!). So I gasped when I saw these fun wedding (or any other event) save-the-date cards that look just like book covers. How cute is this idea? And doesn't this card look exactly like a Nicholas Sparks novel? (You can find

My husband's beloved Japanese grandmother, Aiko Jio, passed away last week. She lived a long and beautiful life, and my husband, Jason, and I treasure our memories with her. We spent the past weekend in San Jose, where she lived, and loved showing our boys

How gorgeous is the cover for the Italian edition of The Violets of March, to be published by the fabulous Italian publisher, Nord, in October?! And, check out the book trailer they made for the book---it's so gorgeous!

My littlest guy is growing up, and I'm soaking up all of his baby sweetness.

OK, so it's not quite summer yet. Still, we're in full summer mode at the Jio abode. How gorgeous is this peach rhododendron? I always think of my grandma Antoinette when I see them. She used to have an entire orchard of them in every imaginable