Image via Wikipedia It’s been awhile since I’ve done a real chapter check-in, and there is some backing up and starting over involved. 1. Morning pages – I haven’t missed a day since I started this path. I do feel like I’m starting to spin my wheels a bit. I’m at my core intensely private [...]

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Summer Vegetable SkilletModified from Cooking LightSummer Vegetable SkilletIngredients1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil1 cup fresh English peas, shelled1 cup fresh yellow corn kernels (about 2 ears)2 teaspoons minced jalapeno1 large garlic clove, minced1 cup okra, trimmed and cut into 1/4-inch pieces1 cup fresh baby spinach1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered2 tablespoons fresh lime juicesalt and freshly ground [...]

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Image via Wikipedia It’s the deep end of the waning moon coming out of a rather virulent Mars direct.1 It really is a good time to cleanse – get rid of what needs getting rid of to make space for the great things about to come into my life, although cleansing feels a little weird [...]

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The instructions in the book are to pick 5 flowers and to press them in wax paper. While that’s sweet and sentimental for some, I distinctly remember getting in a great deal of trouble for flower picking while I was on a Girl Scout campout of some sort thanks to Jill Lewin and Jenny Briggs [...]

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So, for the Artist’s Way, my cluster (xiane, digitalmayhem and miscellaneaarts) has agreed to do a reset to chapter 6 – I moved, another person had surgery, one went on vacation and one struggles with depression. Your life starts moving when you do this path, and sometimes the road itself starts shaking like a rogue [...]

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Magickal Realism is in the DZ Fantasy blog – two pieces in one day, I’m pretty thrilled. Also, Book Dust is the feature, which is my personal favorite of the fragrances I’ve created to date. Share on Facebook

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I got a feature on Styledash, which is a much needed self-confidence boost today. Yes, I know there’s a Slim Fast ad in an article with a Fat Chic link. Still, yay! Share on Facebook

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If you’re a cosmetics producer in the United States, this should definitely be a major stop for you: the FDA Cosmetics Lableing manual which has been around since 1991. Summary of Regulatory Requirements for Labeling of CosmeticsMarketed in the United States. Of particular significance lately is this: “Products that are cosmetics but are also intended [...]

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I am first and foremost a writer. I am a writer before I’m a perfumer, before I was ever a witch, before I was born, for all I know. And because of that, I’m having a small epiphany: I can’t just make time to write. I have to put writing first. That’s what starting this [...]

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I have an Amazon affiliate account. It doesn’t do much – I haven’t had a payout since I opened it two years ago, but hey, it’s passive income and it might passively get my a gift certificate I can put towards a Doctor Who DVD set or something else fun someday. And while Amazon, in [...]

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