another colourful year of the crayon box in the.... er, can? paint tin? scissors drawer?

a glimpse back at just some of the art and bookish adventures we had in the crayon box this past year!

hallie bertlingDecember 27, 2023Comment

december reading wrap*up

whoosh! wrapping up 2023 with reads from this genre & that! :D

hallie bertlingDecember 26, 2023Comment

“it’s so ridiculous, it’s magical.” (or, my thoughts on greta’s barbie movie & pink birkenstocks.)

dear greta: can we be friends? like, collaborative, creative besties?

from singin’ in the rain to infinite horizon soundstages and allll the pink glitter that ever paraded as high art, i think like we overthink details enough to get along perfectly.

hallie bertlingDecember 12, 2023Comment

scbwi fall retreat conference & ya'll fest 2023!!

happy happy happy happy happy….!!! thanks in part to a grant from the metropolitan arts council and my crayon box art collectors… we’re getting SO. MuCh. CloSER!!!

hallie bertlingNovember 28, 2023Comment

november reading wrap*up

here’s all the books i read.

or thought about reading this month! (i’ve included the nifty bookshop.org links for you too in case you want to order any of the titles for yourself!) :D

hallie bertlingNovember 27, 2023 Comment

october reading wrap*up

all of the books: good (& not for me) i read (or thought about reading) this month! complete with nifty links to every title at bookshop.org! yay!

hallie bertlingOctober 31, 2023Comment

september reading wrap*up

in case your TBR needs some padding, here are all the books i read (or thought about reading!) this september. complete with links to learn more and shop online at bookshop.org!

hallie bertlingSeptember 25, 2023Comment

moderately-monthly marker recap: issue ii!

a few artsy, bookish updates + current listens & reading recs!

hallie bertlingSeptember 14, 2023Comment

a few (of the many) highlights of highlights picture book retreat 2023!

i got to return to the highlights foundation retreat center this august for a picture book retreat and as ever: it was completely magical!

hallie bertlingSeptember 1, 2023 Comments

august reading wrap*up

all four august weekly reading book review videos collected in one place: just for you! including links to buy online from bookshop.org :D

hallie bertlingAugust 28, 2023Comment

when tswift steals your hashtag, you take it personally.

an amazing, bookish day: from earning my summer reading pizza and up to the mountains to meet author rachel griffin & celebrate the release of her latest ya title: bring me your midnight!

hallie bertlingAugust 12, 2023Comment

july reading wrap*up!

behold: all five weekly reading book review episodes from july 2023; complete with links to learn more about the books i chat about! :D

hallie bertlingJuly 31, 2023Comment

france in film: part viii

perhaps the final installment of french (or french-adjacent) films as commented upon by moi! featuring: love in the afternoon, the 400 blows, julie & julia, avenue montaigne, cléo de 5 a 7, and paris when it sizzles!

hallie bertlingJuly 5, 2023Comment

june reading wrap*up!!

here’s allllll the books i read (or pulled from the TBR cabinet & thought about reading) from june 2023! {four videos with bookshop.org links to all titles for your literary exploring needs!} :D

hallie bertlingJune 30, 2023Comment

shakespeare goes POP & atticus wants lobstah.

on me being desperate to see & juliet on broadway (& the rest of my current must-see wishlist)… plus two thoughts about aaron sorkin’s to kill a mockingbird.

hallie bertlingJune 27, 2023Comment

french or french-ish films: post vii

it’s not pre-paris research anymore, but i’m still watching movies set in paris! or made by french people! with singing and dancing and various levels of sorta-happy. :)

hallie bertlingJune 7, 2023Comment