tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post8263846373728736059..comments2024-03-09T10:15:11.266+13:00Comments on Unravelling: It's in My HeadMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-63541007347621159632008-06-15T14:43:00.000+12:002008-06-15T14:43:00.000+12:00Wow, so it's for real. I need to go get some whit...Wow, so it's for real. I need to go get some white sugar - we don't use that except when I bake - and cocoa - but will do, and make sure we have most of it washed off when we come out - or go buy dark towels. Yum, I love old towels.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-27844966247838944722008-06-15T11:27:00.000+12:002008-06-15T11:27:00.000+12:00OK, I confess, I have not yet made up my batch. Y...OK, I confess, I have not yet made up my batch. Yes, it's for real and deeeee-lish on the skin and soul. <BR/><BR/>DH gets some for Fathers Day as well as a new friend who could use some love. <BR/><BR/>One thing I miss from the job I just left was the pacts I would make with a colleague. I would vow that before I saw her next, I would do a small, specific thing to care for myself. <BR/><BR/>I offer the recipe in that spirit of self care. Seriously, it does not melt, the oil helps release and the sugar sloughs off the old stuff. Use dark towels. Use your imagination and laugh with me, but that's a tough stain to remove!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-65761120742454963612008-06-14T00:12:00.000+12:002008-06-14T00:12:00.000+12:00Man, you ARE an artist by practice, Lynne. I never...Man, you ARE an artist by practice, Lynne. I never would have connected the inner ear with sculpture, or art, or anything other than... middle ear. Blow me away, I'm glad we're just sitting here staring at the screens because we're a bit too tired to go to bed... You are a good influence on me, my dear.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-71543414152713503372008-06-14T00:06:00.000+12:002008-06-14T00:06:00.000+12:00I take my last comment back.....I am inspired by n...I take my last comment back.....I am inspired by nature!<BR/><BR/>Your comments on the inner ear lead my brain to imagining a huge fiber sculpture twisting and turning. Vibrating and flowing. I see mohair twist for the inner ear, plastic plainweave for the ear drum, and Cally's undulating shrinkage experiments for the eustachian tubes.<BR/><BR/>I see it all...now if I could wick away the image and save it for a rainy day or another artist.....<BR/><BR/>Yes Meg, nature inspires me as long as it is on a very very very small scale.<BR/><BR/>THanks for the visual gymnastics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-37010920321270103112008-06-13T22:21:00.000+12:002008-06-13T22:21:00.000+12:00Is this for real? Do you mean, we don't eat this?...Is this for real? Do you mean, we don't eat this? Is this fattening? I've never heard of anything like this. Won't the sugar melt? <BR/><BR/>IS THIS FOR REAL?Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-5114077882941689162008-06-13T09:50:00.000+12:002008-06-13T09:50:00.000+12:00Meg, we have to stop sharing these things! I have...Meg, we have to stop sharing these things! I have a nasty case of tinnitis. It didn't help that I tried to work in an indoor pool, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>My thyroid is wonky and that makes everything harder. I bet it's connected, but there's no research yet because nothing to treat it means no money to fund the research. Grrr.<BR/><BR/>Let's share something lovely besides the exhibit. I am going to make up some yummy chocolate scrub. Here's the recipe: <BR/><BR/>1/2 cup white sugar <BR/>1/2 cup brown sugar <BR/>1/2 cup canola oil <BR/>1/4 cup powered cocoa <BR/><BR/>Mix it in a bowl and slather on. The oil makes it slippery, so be careful in the tub/shower. Also, the cocoa gets everywhere and leaves disturbing stains on the towels. If not for that, I would use this gorgeous stuff ceaselessly. Because it's a sugar scrub, not salt, there's no owies when you come across a nick.<BR/><BR/>There. Make yourself a batch, slather it on, and enjoy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-10543791143450188892008-06-12T18:50:00.000+12:002008-06-12T18:50:00.000+12:00That's good information, Carol. Thank you! While...That's good information, Carol. Thank you! <BR/><BR/>While Dr Cabot's liver cleansing diet was all the rage, I went without milk, coffee/tea and chocolate for about nine months, and I might have felt better - I can't remember - but I emotionally felt "clean". And I learned that yes, I can live without chocolate if I so chose. <BR/><BR/>For a long time, I added no salt to my cooking or at the table, because we as Japanese get too much salt from miso and soy sauce, but I've noticed that in the last 2 or 3 years, I've been wanting saltier food, and have possibly been going grinder-happy with rock salts, so I might ease up on it a little.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-28880525673149898872008-06-12T16:28:00.000+12:002008-06-12T16:28:00.000+12:00Meg, I have a good friend in Sydney who has bad ti...Meg, I have a good friend in Sydney who has bad tinitus related to meuniers disease and she finds salt is a major problem for her. She can never improve her condition but if she eats salt she gets much worse. Don't know if that's any help to you. So sorry to hear that's what the noises are - my grandmother had it and my son gets it when he takes ibuprofin. I guess you'll have to figure out what helps you as you go. CarolCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914350639398715648noreply@blogger.com