Tori’s Writing Hole

Well, I’m between semesters here, can’t bake and I feel a bit lost. It’s strange, the hustle of Christmas and the holidays seemed too much, but now that they’re gone I’m left feeling empty. Time to write, to pull up my brain strings and get some fiction flowing! I just hope I can. Perhaps Virginia’s next Flash Fiction Carnival?

I’m crafting a bit, knitting, and I plan to crochet my father some things, but I *don’t* seem to have time, or at least the concentration, to do those sort of things. Feh, must be winter.

I made my curry special a couple of nights ago (my sort of bastardized chicken curry with potatoes, which is pretty healthy as I use boneless, skinless super de-fatted chicken and let the potatoes cook down for their own thickening) and I made chapatis! These are flatbreads popular in India, but also West Africa and many other places. I didn’t have chapati flour, so I used bread flour, which left them ok, but a bit lacking in flavor. Some reduced calorie butter spread helped. My cast iron skillet was the perfect thing to crisp them up. No pics, sadly.

There will probably be two posts today, as Julia did something AMAZING (well, at least to her parents) and I have to share it like the proud mommy I am.

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