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I had hoped to do something, but we’re enjoying an arctic outflow with temperatures just about the lowest I’ve ever seen here, -14°C! My workshop is unheated, and you can see the temperature is almost at freezing, 1°C! We have a portable heater, but it’s losing the fight against the cold. I plan to offer … Read more

A very Merry Christmas to you and yours from all of us – Raymond, little Sasja, and Susan! As I write this, I’m sipping a cup of tea and watching the Christmas card-style snow* falling outside the living room window. Thank you for your support of the blog this year! You’ve made what has been … Read more

My trip to teach at Windy Point Soap Supplies in Calgary in November 2018 was so amazing! While there, Jenna asked about podcast ideas, which she also posted in the November Q&A! Does anyone have beauty chemistry podcast suggestions? I like the beauty brains, but I want maor! Can’t read while I’m working so any … Read more

Welcome to December, the most wonderful time of the year! This is my month of festive and celebratory joy! Baby Sasja’s birthday is the 16th, my anniversary with Raymond on the 19th (28 years!), my birthday on the 21st, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, then New Year’s Eve, which was my adoption day, something my mum, … Read more

Hi everyone! Just a quick update after the update from last week: I’m experiencing those ongoing hand and arm spasms that make it really hard to type, use a trackpad, peck something out on the iPad keyboard, holding a pen, using a fork or chopsticks, and so much more. (Things are getting better, so that’s good, … Read more