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I am very excited to announce that I have written a new book! It’s just in the final stages and will be released at the HSMG 2011 Annual Conference in Miami in May. It’s over 300 pages, and contains over 500 recipes for cold process soap, different types of cosmetics and scent blends. The recipes…
Before I moved to Oregon, I had never seen a warning sign saying “sunken grade”. In fact, the first few times I saw one I wasn’t exactly sure what it meant. (Trust me, those grades weren’t very sunken, otherwise I would have figured it out much sooner.) Even Yahoo Answers doesn’t have the exact right…
Last week we went to the L. Ron Hubbard 100th birthday event hosted by the Church of Portland. It was attended by several hundred people—it was great to see old friends. Much of the event was dedicated to a retrospective look at the life of L. Ron Hubbard, especially the many endeavors and adventures in…
Recently I attended (and presided over) the Coos Curry Small Woodlands Annual Meeting and Dinner. We have them every year in February. It’s a great time to have an evening out and meet up with other small woodland owners, most of whom I see just this one time each year.
Name calling. In grade school it’s a tool of the bullies to make others feel bad. Even though you can SAY “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” truth is, words, be it name calling or labeling, CAN hurt. Maybe not physically, like sticks and stones, but personally, emotionally, and…
Recently I was awoken by our new kitty, George, racing through the bedroom and bathroom. The pounding of his little feet on the wood and tile floors sounded like a herd of elephants rather than the patter of kitten paws. On the bed, under the bed, onto the dresser, into the bathroom, back on the…
Went up to the barn recently and found an amazing thing pushing up under the empty grain bags… gigantic mushrooms, 6 of them in a big clump. They were so strong that they pushed the grain bags aside in the rise from the underworld. Just to get an idea of the size, I placed an…
Last night we got the first snow of the season. Not much, but enough to stay on the ground for a little while, and it snowed off and on all day. It’s early this year; I don’t ever remember there being snow in November. Usually it’s late December or January when we get the first…
Today was the day for inspecting the culverts that were recently installed on the Barn Road. I went with Coven, my 4-year-old grandson and Tom Purvis, from the local office of the NRCS (National Resource Conservation Service, part of the USDA).
It’s just been finalized that I will be doing a Labeling Workshop at The Nova Studio in Point Richmond, California on February 5, 2011. Actually, two sessions are planned (one for the morning and one for the afternoon), depending on how many people sign up. The 4-hour class will cover the following:
It’s not often that one gets the opportunity to set fire to 25 acres of grass, brush and slash, but that’s what we got to do yesterday. “Why?” you might ask. Well … An Oak Savannah is an area that typically has about 20 – 30 mature oaks per acre, with grass underneath. Untouched by humans, they…
We just recently welcomed a new addition to our menagerie, George. He’s a 12-week-old orange male kitten, adopted (rescued?) from a household of about 30 cats and kittens. So far, he’s fitting into our family life well.
