Laurabelle’s Blog

Jeff and I went to Article Pract today for a couple of knitting needles, and then we passed by Bakesale Betty. Jeff decided he wanted a chicken pot pie, so I ordered one. We were both tempted by the cookies or lemon bars but abstained. I was handed a bag containing two boxes. I said, But [...]

I tripped, fell, and skinned my knee on the way into work today. I also overstretched a muscle or something in my calf on the same leg. I’m not sure which is worse, the pain (and limping) of the strain or the embarrassment of the skinned knee. I’m twenty-mumble years old, and I thought my [...]

Yesterday Jeff and I made a rice-and-beans dish called Moors and Christians. I chose it by letting the cookbook (How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman) fall open to a random page; that method seems to have worked out excellently in this case. Moors and Christians is basically a stew of black beans, bell pepper, onion, [...]