About Me
Hello there! My name is Anna — if you’re American, it doesn’t rhyme with banana, but if you’re English, it does. If we ever meet in person, you should try to remember that.
I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is a pretty good place to be. I didn’t think so for a while, so I tried living in London for a few years — there’s a lot of British culture that I adore, but I’m happy to keep London at an arm’s (or ocean’s) length for the time being. Instead, I spend my time enjoying the Minnesota summers and enduring the long winters.
I own a house and keep a vegetable garden, and somehow I still find time to publish books. That means I get to design book covers and write blurbs and spend a lot of my time reading. And I get to do it from home, so there’s not much to complain about there.
I have two cats – Beany, a grey tabby I adopted in the summer of 2007, and Birdy, a grey + orange torbie who came to stay in March 2010. I started fostering my chihuahua in October 2010, and I finally broke down and adopted her for good the following February.
In addition to growing a lot of my own veg during the summer, I also enjoy cooking it. I’ve been a vegetarian for over a decade, and although I grew up as an extremely picky eater, there’s not much I don’t enjoy cooking and eating these days. I love to bake, but since I don’t work in an office and therefore have few people to share things with, I try not to go overboard.
Photography is a great hobby of mine. I’ve gone through several cameras since I first started shooting, but I use a Nikon D200 these days.
If you’d like to get in touch, you can do so by e-mailing me at anna.torborg[at]gmail.com
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I’ve been keeping this blog since 2000. It’s gone by a couple of different names, and I haven’t made all the archives available, but I think it’s fair to say I’ve been at this a while. The content tends to follow my interests, of course, and at the moment it’s a real mix of food, plants, décor, cats, and the very occasional craft. I still find it astounding that people want to read about what I’ve been up to.
sounds like a sweet job. I would love to live in England, my husband and i fantasise about it. Are you holding a loaf of bread in the picture?
I’ve enjoyed your blog very much. I wonder if you would mind directing me to your tutorial about the zippered coin purse. I made one following your directions, and would love to try again. Not even my mother could teach me better than you did. Thank you for your consideration.
Hi Anna,
I think you are fantastic, I ended up here because of your zipper purse tutorial and that was about 5 months ago. Lately I have been visiting your blog a lot and you have insipired me to start one. Thank you for your beautiful pictures and funny comments they really do make my day.
CC Bass
Hi there Anna,
Rachael here in Manchester, England.
That zipper show me thingy has really worked, even for me!! I have a real basic machine with no zipper foot but managed to make it work out ok, and looks non to shabby!
Thanks again, love the blog by the way, now a bookmarked favourite to enjoy with coffee.