I’ll admit to buying products with “microbeads” to scrub my skin. Ooooo. They sounded so awesome and scrubby. I’ll admit, I fell prey to marketing back in the day (like anytime before 2008) and I really didn’t think about the impact to the environment or to me of using such a product. I was just…
Life
The dangers of multitasking
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OK, I haven’t posted much this week. I’ve actually got 4 posts in mind that I have sort of partly written, which means none of them are done. I’m also trying to warp up my loom with some 100% cotton yarn to make some twill kitchen towels. I have two events I’m going to this…
Wellbeing
Meditation 101
by ladyblacksun • • 0 Comments
I’ve attempted meditation before. My understanding of meditation comes mostly from new age/pagan books I’ve read over the years. I was very fond of Laurie Cabot’s Crystal Countdown and visual meditative techniques years ago, but they’re not something I like to do on a regular basis. Other books I’ve read use focused meditative techniques like…
Gardening, Life
Fall is Sprouting!
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I’m definitely feeling under the weather today, which is a shame because the weather is gorgeous! I spent the early part morning outside in the hammock. The gentle sway was soothing, under my fuzzy throw blanket in the slightly chilly breeze. I sipped slowly from my huge Eeyore mug of Barry’s Green Label Irish tea…
Wellbeing
Turning a lazy behavior into work
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I’ll admit that I don’t turn my computer off when I leave my desk. I usually have some reason or another: I’m planning on coming right back, I’ve got a ton of windows open for something I’m working on, etc. So it might stay on for hours or even days before I get back to…
Kitchen, Life
Guilty Pleasures
by ladyblacksun • • 1 Comment
I’ll admit it. I like canned icing. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say I much prefer canned icing. I have no idea why I still find it so appealing. It’s in a plastic can that I’d rather not buy, and has a tongue-twisting list of ingredients including partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, high…
Kitchen
Ode to a Mason Jar
by ladyblacksun • • 0 Comments
Oh ubiquitous mason jar how wonderful to use you are modern clear and older blue crazed with age or shiny new… Ah, the ubiquitous mason jar. A brilliant storage unit that has gone practically unchanged in the last 100 years. Strong, easy to store and organize, and long since proven itself to just about everyone.…
Experiments, Frugal, Life
No-‘poo take 2 and destink too!
by ladyblacksun • • 1 Comment
No-‘poo take 2 In a previous post, I gave bar soap as shampoo and apple cider vinegar rinse a try, with my main goal being to reduce my consumption of plastic by avoiding buying shampoo/conditioner bottles. The results were not great, my hair was only half-clean and my scalp was a tad itchy. Since I…
Gardening, Life
Letting Go
by ladyblacksun • • 2 Comments
I am a stubborn and tenacious person. I don’t give up very easy on most things. If there’s a part of my that does want to consider giving up on an endeavor, I will hem and haw and consider the options for a long time. Tenacity can be a good trait, but there comes a…
Life
Inspirations From My Elders
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Recently I realized that the steps I am taking to live more frugally, simply, and honestly are changing my life to look more like that of my great-grandparents and older relatives who are now gone. I started reflecting on these people and what about them I find makes them good role models. I was lucky…