Laurabelle's Blog

Last night in the Dreaming, Jeff and I paid a visit to Emily. Outside on the shore, the three of us talked and laughed in bright-sunny fellowship, and then we went inside where food was cooking, aromatic and comforting on the stove. Landlord-Pete appeared and started turning the pots' contents into something taste-pleasing as well [...]

...to want a pen that costs $85? It's a really nice fountain pen. Lovely goldeny brown and black, and it writes like a dream. I didn't buy it today, but I won't be able to resist forever.

Some things are too weird to blog, but let's just say it's official (as official as it can possibly be!) that Jeff's mother likes me. And I like her too. Which is very nice, because life would be uncomfortable if we didn't.

I have a history of long-distance relationships. My first real friendship was a LDR. I'm not sure why it worked, why we kept writing, other than that we shared a love of books and of words. I remember exclaiming to my mother early on about how much Emily and I had in common, but I [...]

Sorry I haven't been a good blogger this week. I've been very busy, but luckily I'm getting less sick. I've still got some cough and runny nose, but it's better every day. It was a long week, and yesterday was the longest day this week, which is rather unfair since it was Friday! However, it [...]

Self-confidence is not surety of success but ability to cope with failure. Just thought you'd like to know.

Over Christmas, when my family was moving Grandmama to Dallas, my father told me that my cousin Allison was a better person to accompany Grandmama in the car because she is a good comforter. I can do it if I need to, but she's better. I think that's a fair assessment, but I'm growing up [...]

The way to a man's heart may be through his stomach, but the way to this man's heart is through his dog.

I really should have been in bed more than an hour ago, but I don't want to let go of what has really been quite a good day. In fact, the past couple of days have been pretty good, especially since Wednesday was crap. Wednesday I had a fever, had a long school day, and [...]

When I was younger, I used to think there were Rules. In elementary school, life was orderly. People (mostly teachers) told us the Rules very clearly, and success was easy. All you had to do was follow the Rules, and life would turn out all right. I followed the Rules, and life was all right. [...]