Plain And Fancy
“It couldn’t be finished soon enough as far as Mary Ellen was concerned. Ever since Eli had married Laura, she had tried to be a good mother-in-law, but it wasn’t easy when Laura seemed so distant and often touchy. Here of late, she’d been acting moodier than ever, and Mary Ellen wondered if she might be the cause of Laura’s discontent.
“Why don’t the two of us do some baking today?” she suggested to Laura one morning after breakfast. “We can make a couple of brown sugar sponge rolls. How’s that... sound?”
Laura groaned. “Do we have to? I’m really tired this morning, and I thought it would be nice to sit out on the back porch and watch the men work on my house.”
Mary Ellen’s forehead wrinkled. “Are you feeling poorly?”
“I’m fine. Just tired.”
“Maybe a good spring tonic is what you need.” She opened the cupboard near Laura and plucked out a box of cream of tartar, some sulfur, and a container of Epsom salts. “All you have to do is mix a little of each of these in a jar of water.MoreLess
“Why don’t the two of us do some baking today?” she suggested to Laura one morning after breakfast. “We can make a couple of brown sugar sponge rolls. How’s that... sound?”
Laura groaned. “Do we have to? I’m really tired this morning, and I thought it would be nice to sit out on the back porch and watch the men work on my house.”
Mary Ellen’s forehead wrinkled. “Are you feeling poorly?”
“I’m fine. Just tired.”
“Maybe a good spring tonic is what you need.” She opened the cupboard near Laura and plucked out a box of cream of tartar, some sulfur, and a container of Epsom salts. “All you have to do is mix a little of each of these in a jar of water.MoreLess
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