These days I mostly try not to write. My life is so full of work and family and weeding. But every now and then, my brain starts to itch and the only way to scratch that itch is writing. This is where you will find my most recent scratchings.
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Home at Last
Ahhh… And there’s nothing like it. Home where I can relax on my own porch, home where I can cook whatever I want for dinner, home where I can walk to the corner lemon tree to pick up the windblowns. And my soap is hardening nicely, by the way. I really need to read more about the science of soap. Is it curing or just drying? I tried grating a little into my dishwater yesterday and could definitely feel the lye. So I hope it’s still working it’s mystery magic. I have lots of stuff on my Home at Last…
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Day 13: Oh No! (or) Late Night Soap Making
As much as I am ready to be in my very own Home, and out of someone else’s very own home, I’m not ready for the fun of my DIY Crafting Vacation to be over. Yesterday I got a panic attack that I only had two more days and all I’d done was make, well, okay, five scarves on my new loom. That’s well and good, but what about my wax cloth kitchen bags and my soap making venture? The soap making process is sort of simple, but intimidating enough that I wanted a stretch of at least two hours…
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Christmas and Capitalism
I’ve been a borderline Bah-Humbug for some years now. I can feel it rising in my throat from November on like a cat with a hairball. I love everything about Christmas. Good food, sparkly lights, family around, lots of cookies. Except one thing. AAAAaaaaaaa…CK! *Presents* Don’t get me wrong. I love giving a gift (even buying a gift!) for someone I love, when I know it’s something they really want and they’re going to be really excited. But how many of the presents you bought this year fit that bill? If it was up to me, we’d only spend maybe…
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Searching in the Dark
If you’re a fellow blogger, you know about search terms. But for the rest of you, here’s a quick explanation. WordPress keeps track of your readers and how they found you (creepy, eh?) Mostly people find my blog from links. In fact half my (modest) readership comes straight off the boat from Down to Earth blog and forum. But a few folks every day stumble upon my blog from googling something. Like, “satsuma marmalade.” Every few days I have a little chuckle over just what people have googled when they find me. But today it was a guffaw, because some…
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Day 10: Making Mistakes
How come so few people ever talk about their failures? Not only is failure often darn good entertainment, it’s an essential part of the learning/growing/living process. I can say all this with authority, because I am the type of person often paralyzed by the fear of failure. It’s unfortunate. Imagine how much I could accomplish if I could bottle up all that fear and pitch it out the window of a fast moving train! As my dad always said, “Your successes cannot exceed 50% of your failures, so get out there and fuck up!” I do my best. Having woven…
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