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After giving it some serious thought, we’ve decided to pause the mailing lists/digests that alert you to new posts on the blog as less than a handful of people are really using it, and it causes us an absolute fortune every month for very little service. As you know, your monthly subscriptions and sales of e-books … Read more

Welcome to April, time to watch the blooming of the amazing cherry and plum blossoms all over my town! So awesome a time of year! Raymond and I bought e-bikes a few days ago, and seem to spend all our time outside these days, marvelling as we see the blossoms overwhelming the trees, watching our … Read more

Welcome to March, the month of spring and flowers and showers and maybe some cherry blossoms? February 28 is the official anniversary of this blog as Point of Interest, which started its life in 2008 as a way to share handouts and tutorials with the youth in our Rated T for Teen crafting program (on … Read more

How is it already February 2022? It feels like it was Christmas yesterday! I’m looking forward to a bit of snow this week – not too much, please, I’d still like to get out and about to get groceries and such in my tiny car with all-season tires – and Groundhog Day on the 2nd … Read more

It’s come to our attention that a company called Ethereal Galore has plagiarized our free Learn Cosmetic Formulation course, created by Jane Barber of Making Skincare, Perry Romanowski of Chemists’ Corner, and me, Swift. As you can see in these screenshots, she’s taken our lessons, our formulas, our photos, and even the names of each module … Read more