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Cotton and Other Natural Fibers

Pretty much all the textiles that I purchase are cotton. I have eczema. So there isn’t a lot of room for deviation. I used to find my limited fashion choices more annoying. But since I discovered, gasp, that I can actually sew garments for myself, my choices have expanded. Cashmere goats by cramsay23 This has [...]

Birthday Bah Humbug

I have some sort of germ.  I feel run down.  DD was sick on Thursday and Friday.  I was up with her all night while she whined and blew her nose.  She has been clinging to me for four days.  Today she feels better, but still has the nasty nose.  I feel yuk.  I have [...]

Christina Applegate Breast Cancer Decision

I can understand this decision completely. And attitude can be everything. ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Applegate Underwent Breast Removal to Stop Cancer “I didn’t want to go back to the doctors every four months for testing and squishing and everything. I just wanted to kind of get rid of this whole thing for me. This was [...]

Grandmaman Loses Her Hair

Grandmaman called to tell me that her hair is falling out. All of it. Oh the joy of chemotherapy. I asked her is she upset. She said of course she is upset. She has always been proud of her hair! I said, well, I didn’t know if she would be upset. When my mother’s hair [...]

The Veggies Are Not Holding Me

This is the second night in a row that I have felt compelled to eat something around 9 in the evening. Is this some sort of physiological rebellion? We had the okra rice for dinner. It was good. But we all decided that we prefer okra fried, to avoid the slime. C’est la vie. We [...]