by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jun 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sometime in April, I was asked to help make a gift for our departing minister at WUUC. The assignment was pretty simple–take a bunch of grosgrain ribbons that had been used in an earlier ceremony to bless our minister and create ‘something’ out of...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Mar 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
I am heading to Reno in a couple of days to attend Left Coast Crime, my first ever ‘fan’ convention. Readers and writers of mysteries and thrillers gather from all over the West Coast to celebrate crime fiction of all kinds. This is the first time...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 8, 2017 | Uncategorized, Writing
Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg My rating: 5 of 5 stars This review is for the audible version… What kind of writer gets me to feel empathy for a mobster hit man? A good one. Is the whole story line believable? Maybe not, but it’s a fun story anyway. One...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 24, 2017 | Sex, Uncategorized, Writing
This very thoughtful article by erotica editor extraordinaire Rachel Kramer Bussell has pulled me out of my year-long blogging doldrum. I might write another post about my hiatus from blogging, but right now, I want you to think about sex. Actually, I want you to...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 2, 2016 | Cooking, Uncategorized
For my son’s birthday, he requested a “lemon, lemon, lemon” cake, and I decided I’d try my hand at an ombre frosting. I took our favorite lemon cake, did a little research and put together what you see above. As I worked, I did a couple of...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | May 30, 2016 | Parenting, Uncategorized, Writing
A few months ago I almost signed up for an “urban escape” training weekend. We’re not talking getting out of the city and into the woods though. The course description is this: While on an international business trip you are kidnapped and held for...
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