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Welcome to February! I’m taking a bit of a break from the blog for the first week or so of this month. My batteries are wearing down, and I really need to take some time to recharge them. Thanks to the pandemic, we haven’t been able to meet indoors or out with anyone socially since … Read more
Welcome to month nine – or as we sometimes call it, September – of the year that seems like it’s never going to end, where time has no meaning, and I have to set reminders to go outside every once in a while. Sorry to sound so gloomy and cynical, but August was a pretty … Read more
The photo above is of the Vitamin C serum we made in the Zoom workshop on solubility. Click here for the handout, which includes the formula. Welcome to August, the month that usually makes me the most annoyed with heat and sun! I know, we’re fortunate where I live that it’s not forest fire hell … Read more