Last night I decided to pull out some of my most precious aromatic materials to make special little incense balls. The formula included Baieido’s Sandalwood & Excellent Jinko (very high grade woods from Japan), Powdered Cinnamon, Ground Ambrette Seed, a few other aromatics and some Makko for binding. To that was added a bit of […]
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Last night I decided to pull out some of my most precious aromatic materials to make special little incense balls. The formula included Baieido’s Sandalwood & Excellent Jinko (very high grade woods from Japan), Powdered Cinnamon, Ground Ambrette Seed, a few other aromatics and some Makko for binding. To that was added a bit of
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It came to me today that life is a lot like baking a soufflé (I feel like Forrest Gump’s mom ;). I have been graced with (or attracted if you will) all of the ingredients that I need in my life to make something fabulous, but received no recipe. It is up to me to
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It came to me today that life is a lot like baking a soufflé (I feel like Forrest Gump’s mom ;). I have been graced with (or attracted if you will) all of the ingredients that I need in my life to make something fabulous, but received no recipe. It is up to me to
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I love my Keeper! It is a reusable menstrual cup. I’ve used it for over 15 years now. In all that time, between it and my Glad Rags, I’ve not had to buy disposable “feminine protection” (needing specifically “protection” is a throwback concept from the days when menstrual blood was deemed as powerful and dangerous
I love my Keeper! It is a reusable menstrual cup. I’ve used it for over 15 years now. In all that time, between it and my Glad Rags, I’ve not had to buy disposable “feminine protection” (needing specifically “protection” is a throwback concept from the days when menstrual blood was deemed as powerful and dangerous
I’ve been stretching a lot and practicing some new “stuff” in Kung Fu (I am training in Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong). It has me rather sore in several places. A few arnica tablets, a good soak in a rosemary and eucalyptus salt bath, followed by a rub made from an essential oil
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I’ve been stretching a lot and practicing some new “stuff” in Kung Fu (I am training in Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong). It has me rather sore in several places. A few arnica tablets, a good soak in a rosemary and eucalyptus salt bath, followed by a rub made from an essential oil
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I know that for folks reading this in many parts of the US, poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) isn’t something they are necessarily thinking about, as the leaves have fallen and the gardening work has trickled to a minimum. But in my part of the country (gulf coast Texas), the growing season is still going strong,
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I remember in elementary school learning about Helen Keller. Someone posed the question to the class “which one of your senses would you give up if you had to?”. Unlike everyone else, my answer was NOT taste or smell, and I suppose it is not coincidental that in my adult life I use my nose
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