I have been wanting to create a new soap for a while now. After collecting some ideas I decided to try making an Earl Grey soap. I love earl grey tea and find it very warm & soothing with its smoky, sweet citrus tones. It gets its unique taste and fragrance from bergamot essential oil.… Read More A Nice Warm Cup of Soap?
I love lavender and that is why I make 3 different lavender soaps. The scent of lavender is one of the most popular and recognized fragrances in the world. It comes from Lavandula Angustifolia, an evergreen woody shrub that is native to the western Mediterranean, primarily the mountains in northern Spain. Today it is grown all over the… Read More Lavender – Medicine and More
There it is. The machine that converts my self-worth into numbers. This particular one is at my gym. I step on it, a little apprehensive, because I know the flood of feelings that will come next. Still there is a glimmer of hope that it will be kind to me today. Then, as I read… Read More Me and the Machine That Converts My Self-Worth into Numbers
The holidays are over and winter has settled in, challenging us to survive what it dishes up. After shoveling mounds of snow & resisting temperatures that would kill an ice cube I came down with a virus that wanted to kill me. My throat was so sore it felt like it should be bleeding and… Read More Comfort Food
On Sunday I wasn’t feeling so good. I was kind of depressed and tired and didn’t want to deal with anything. The week before was very stressful for me and I just wanted to recover by not doing anything. I was sitting at my computer mindlessly playing some game on Facebook when I heard my… Read More Nature Therapy – Sunday In Pictures