LAURIE ROCKENBECK
My personal and random blog
Why I’m Supporting A Kickstarter Project
I haven't had much reason to mention this, but one little known fact about me is that I almost have a technical certificate training in clothing design and tailoring. I say almost because the vocational sewing program at Lake Washington Technical College just went...
Cold Oven Pound Cake
I love it when I encounter something new in the kitchen. The title pretty much says it all, but I had never heard of putting a cake into an oven without preheating it before. I've made a lot of cakes, too. When we get together with friends for New Year's Day dinner,...
The Research Hole
So, here I am, committing myself to editing this novel I started a long time ago. It's the one a lot of friends have heard me talk about--Bess loses her entire family in a fire, moves to Redmond to live with her gay aunt, and goes survivor-guilt-crazy with sex and...
Happy Pie Day, America!
It's National Pie Day, according to the Pie Council that is. I didn't even KNOW there was a Pie Council, let alone a National Pie Day until I heard about it on KUOW today. Local Pie Bakers were on hand to answer questions about pie to celebrate. Those of you who know...
The 2012 Agriculture Census and You
We, or more accurately, my husband, received this in the mail a couple of days ago. As a general rule, I go through my mail when I get it with a casual glance to ensure I'm not missing anything important and toss it on the desk near the door to deal with "at some...
Bring It, 2012
"Bring it" is a phrase that I didn't use growing up or as a teen or even as a young adult. As a matter of fact, it's not really part of my vocabulary at all, but the phrase has attitude. That's what I need right now is a little bit of that kind of 'tude. It's not that...
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